Isolated human kinase proteins

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/749,588, filed Dec. 28, 2000, which issued on Jul. 23, 2002 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,423,521.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is in the field of kinase proteins that are related to the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily, recombinant DNA molecules, and protein production. The present invention specifically provides novel peptides and proteins that effect protein phosphorylation and nucleic acid molecules encoding such peptide and protein molecules, all of which are useful in the development of human therapeutics and diagnostic compositions and methods.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Protein Kinases

Kinases regulate many different cell proliferation, differentiation, and signaling processes by adding phosphate groups to proteins. Uncontrolled signaling has been implicated in a variety of disease conditions including inflammation, cancer, arteriosclerosis, and psoriasis. Reversible protein phosphorylation is the main strategy for controlling activities of eukaryotic cells. It is estimated that more than 1000 of the 10,000 proteins active in a typical mammalian cell are phosphorylated. The high energy phosphate, which drives activation, is generally transferred from adenosine triphosphate molecules (ATP) to a particular protein by protein kinases and removed from that protein by protein phosphatases. Phosphorylation occurs in response to extracellular signals (hormones, neurotransmitters, growth and differentiation factors, etc), cell cycle checkpoints, and environmental or nutritional stresses and is roughly analogous to turning on a molecular switch. When the switch goes on, the appropriate protein kinase activates a metabolic enzyme, regulatory protein, receptor, cytoskeletal protein, ion channel or pump, or transcription factor.

The kinases comprise the largest known protein group, a superfamily of enzymes with widely varied functions and specificities. They are usually named after their substrate, their regulatory molecules, or some aspect of a mutant phenotype. With regard to substrates, the protein kinases may be roughly divided into two groups; those that phosphorylate tyrosine residues (protein tyrosine kinases, PTK) and those that phosphorylate serine or threonine residues (serine/threonine kinases, STK). A few protein kinases have dual specificity and phosphorylate threonine and tyrosine residues. Almost all kinases contain a similar 250-300 amino acid catalytic domain. The N-terminal domain, which contains subdomains I-IV, generally folds into a two-lobed structure, which binds and orients the ATP (or GTP) donor molecule. The larger C terminal lobe, which contains subdomains VI A-XI, binds the protein substrate and carries out the transfer of the gamma phosphate from ATP to the hydroxyl group of a serine, threonine, or tyrosine residue. Subdomain V spans the two lobes.

The kinases may be categorized into families by the different amino acid sequences (generally between 5 and 100 residues) located on either side of, or inserted into loops of, the kinase domain. These added amino acid sequences allow the regulation of each kinase as it recognizes and interacts with its target protein. The primary structure of the kinase domains is conserved and can be further subdivided into 11 subdomains. Each of the 11 subdomains contains specific residues and motifs or patterns of amino acids that are characteristic of that subdomain and are highly conserved (Hardie, G. and Hanks, S. (1995) The Protein Kinase Facts Books, Vol 1:7-20 Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.).

The second messenger dependent protein kinases primarily mediate the effects of second messengers such as cyclic AMP (cAMP), cyclic GMP, inositol triphosphate, phosphatidylinositol, 3,4,5-triphosphate, cyclic-ADPribose, arachidonic acid, diacylglycerol and calcium-calmodulin. The cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinases (PKA) are important members of the STK family. Cyclic-AMP is an intracellular mediator of hormone action in all prokaryotic and animal cells that have been studied. Such hormone-induced cellular responses include thyroid hormone secretion, cortisol secretion, progesterone secretion, glycogen breakdown, bone resorption, and regulation of heart rate and force of heart muscle contraction. PKA is found in all animal cells and is thought to account for the effects of cyclic-AMP in most of these cells. Altered PKA expression is implicated in a variety of disorders and diseases including cancer, thyroid disorders, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease (Isselbacher, K. J. et al. (1994) Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y., pp. 416-431, 1887).

Calcium-calmodulin (CaM) dependent protein kinases are also members of STK family. Calmodulin is a calcium receptor that mediates many calcium regulated processes by binding to target proteins in response to the binding of calcium. The principle target protein in these processes is CaM dependent protein kinases. CaM-kinases are involved in regulation of smooth muscle contraction (MLC kinase), glycogen breakdown (phosphorylase kinase), and neurotransmission (CaM kinase I and CaM kinase II). CaM kinase I phosphorylates a variety of substrates including the neurotransmitter related proteins synapsin I and II, the gene transcription regulator, CREB, and the cystic fibrosis conductance regulator protein, CFTR (Haribabu, B. et al. (1995) EMBO Journal 14:3679-86). CaM II kinase also phosphorylates synapsin at different sites, and controls the synthesis of catecholamines in the brain through phosphorylation and activation of tyrosine hydroxylase. Many of the CaM kinases are activated by phosphorylation in addition to binding to CaM. The kinase may autophosphorylate itself, or be phosphorylated by another kinase as part of a “kinase cascade”.

Another ligand-activated protein kinase is 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) (Gao, G. et al. (1996) J. Biol Chem. 15:8675-81). Mammalian AMPK is a regulator of fatty acid and sterol synthesis through phosphorylation of the enzymes acetyl-CoA carboxylase and hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase and mediates responses of these pathways to cellular stresses such as heat shock and depletion of glucose and ATP. AMPK is a heterotrimeric complex comprised of a catalytic alpha subunit and two non-catalytic beta and gamma subunits that are believed to regulate the activity of the alpha subunit. Subunits of AMPK have a much wider distribution in non-lipogenic tissues such as brain, heart, spleen, and lung than expected. This distribution suggests that its role may extend beyond regulation of lipid metabolism alone.

The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP) are also members of the STK family. MAP kinases also regulate intracellular signaling pathways. They mediate signal transduction from the cell surface to the nucleus via phosphorylation cascades. Several subgroups have been identified, and each manifests different substrate specificities and responds to distinct extracellular stimuli (Egan, S. E. and Weinberg, R. A. (1993) Nature 365:781-783). MAP kinase signaling pathways are present in mammalian cells as well as in yeast. The extracellular stimuli that activate mammalian pathways include epidermal growth factor (EGF), ultraviolet light, hyperosmolar medium, heat shock, endotoxic lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1).

PRK (proliferation-related kinase) is a serum/cytokine inducible STK that is involved in regulation of the cell cycle and cell proliferation in human megakaroytic cells (Li, B. et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271:19402-8). PRK is related to the polo (derived from humans polo gene) family of STKs implicated in cell division. PRK is downregulated in lung tumor tissue and may be a proto-oncogene whose deregulated expression in normal tissue leads to oncogenic transformation. Altered MAP kinase expression is implicated in a variety of disease conditions including cancer, inflammation, immune disorders, and disorders affecting growth and development.

The cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs) are another group of STKs that control the progression of cells through the cell cycle. Cyclins are small regulatory proteins that act by binding to and activating CDKs that then trigger various phases of the cell cycle by phosphorylating and activating selected proteins involved in the mitotic process. CDKs are unique in that they require multiple inputs to become activated. In addition to the binding of cyclin, CDK activation requires the phosphorylatiori of a specific threonine residue and the dephosphorylation of a specific tyrosine residue.

Protein tyrosine kinases, PTKs, specifically phosphorylate tyrosine residues on their target proteins and may be divided into transmembrane, receptor PTKs and nontransmembrane, non-receptor PTKs. Transmembrane protein-tyrosine kinases are receptors for most growth factors. Binding of growth factor to the receptor activates the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to selected tyrosine side chains of the receptor and other specific proteins. Growth factors (GF) associated with receptor PTKs include; epidermal GF, platelet-derived GF, fibroblast GF, hepatocyte GF, insulin and insulin-like GFs, nerve GF, vascular endothelial GF, and macrophage colony stimulating factor.

Non-receptor PTKs lack transmembrane regions and, instead, form complexes with the intracellular regions of cell surface receptors. Such receptors that function through non-receptor PTKs include those for cytokines, hormones (growth hormone and prolactin) and antigen-specific receptors on T and B lymphocytes.

Many of these PTKs were first identified as the products of mutant oncogenes in cancer cells where their activation was no longer subject to normal cellular controls. In fact, about one third of the known oncogenes encode PTKs, and it is well known that cellular transformation (oncogenesis) is often accompanied by increased tyrosine phosphorylation activity (Carbonneau H and Tonks N K (1992) Annu. Rev. Cell. Biol. 8:463-93). Regulation of PTK activity may therefore be an important strategy in controlling some types of cancer.

Homeodomain-Interacting Protein Kinases

The novel human protein, and encoding gene, provided by the present invention is related to the family of homeodomain-interacting protein kinases (HIPKs). HIPKs are nuclear kinases that act as transcriptional co-repressors for homeodomain transcription factors. HIPKs enhance the repressor functions of NK homeoproteins. The HIPK family comprises at least three previously described members: HIPK1, HIPK2, and HIPK3. HIPKs comprise a conserved protein kinase domain and a separate homeoprotein/homeodomain interaction domain. HIPK2, has been found to significantly increase the DNA binding activity of the NK-3 homeoprotein (Kim et al., J Biol Chem 1998 Oct 2;273(40):25875-9).

HIPKs show a high degree of similarity to yeast YAK1 proteins, human PKY (protein kinase YAK1 homolog), and Myak (mouse YAK homolog) proteins, which play important roles in cellular regulation and signaling, multidrug resistance, and in restricting cell growth. For a further review of HIPKs, YAK1, and PKY proteins, see Begley et al., Gene 200: 35-43, 1997; Nupponen et al., Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 87: 102-103, 1999; and Sampson et al., J. Cell. Biochem. 52: 384-395, 1993.

Kinase proteins, particularly members of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily, are a major target for drug action and development. Accordingly, it is valuable to the field of pharmaceutical development to identify and characterize previously unknown members of this subfamily of kinase proteins. The present invention advances the state of the art by providing previously unidentified human kinase proteins that have homology to members of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is based in part on the identification of amino acid sequences of human kinase peptides and proteins that are related to the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily, as well as allelic variants and other mammalian orthologs thereof. These unique peptide sequences, and nucleic acid sequences that encode these peptides, can be used as models for the development of human therapeutic targets, aid in the identification of therapeutic proteins, and serve as targets for the development of human therapeutic agents that modulate kinase activity in cells and tissues that express the kinase. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURE SHEETS

FIGS. 1A-1C provides the nucleotide sequence of a cDNA molecule that encodes the kinase protein of the present invention. (SEQ ID NO:1) In addition, structure and functional information is provided, such as ATG start, stop and tissue distribution, where available, that allows one to readily determine specific uses of inventions based on this molecular sequence. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver.

FIGS. 2A-2E provides the predicted amino acid sequence of the kinase of the present invention. (SEQ ID NO:2) In addition structure and functional information such as protein family, function, and modification sites is provided where available, allowing one to readily determine specific uses of inventions based on this molecular sequence.

FIGS. 3A-3O provides genomic sequences that span the gene encoding the kinase protein of the present invention. (SEQ ID NO:3) In addition structure and functional information, such as intron/exon structure, promoter location, etc., is provided where available, allowing one to readily determine specific uses of inventions based on this molecular sequence. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the following SNPs were identified: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, Al 1773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

General Description

The present invention is based on the sequencing of the human genome. During the sequencing and assembly of the human genome, analysis of the sequence information revealed previously unidentified fragments of the human genome that encode peptides that share structural and/or sequence homology to protein/peptide/domains identified and characterized within the art as being a kinase protein or part of a kinase protein and are related to the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily. Utilizing these sequences, additional genomic sequences were assembled and transcript and/or cDNA sequences were isolated and characterized. Based on this analysis, the present invention provides amino acid sequences of human kinase peptides and proteins that are related to the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily, nucleic acid sequences in the form of transcript sequences, cDNA sequences and/or genomic sequences that encode these kinase peptides and proteins, nucleic acid variation (allelic information), tissue distribution of expression, and information about the closest art known protein/peptide/domain that has structural or sequence homology to the kinase of the present invention.

In addition to being previously unknown, the peptides that are provided in the present invention are selected based on their ability to be used for the development of commercially important products and services. Specifically, the present peptides are selected based on homology and/or structural relatedness to known kinase proteins of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily and the expression pattern observed. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. The art has clearly established the commercial importance of members of this family of proteins and proteins that have expression patterns similar to that of the present gene. Some of the more specific features of the peptides of the present invention, and the uses thereof, are described herein, particularly in the Background of the Invention and in the annotation provided in the Figures, and/or are known within the art for each of the known homeodomain-interacting protein kinase family or subfamily of kinase proteins.

Specific Embodiments

Peptide Molecules

The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences that encode protein molecules that have been identified as being members of the kinase family of proteins and are related to the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily (protein sequences are provided in FIG. 2, transcript/cDNA sequences are provided in FIG. 1 and genomic sequences are provided in FIG. 3). The peptide sequences provided in FIG. 2, as well as the obvious variants described herein, particularly allelic variants as identified herein and using the information in FIG. 3, will be referred herein as the kinase peptides of the present invention, kinase peptides, or peptides/proteins of the present invention.

The present invention provides isolated peptide and protein molecules that consist of, consist essentially of, or comprise the amino acid sequences of the kinase peptides disclosed in the FIG. 2, (encoded by the nucleic acid molecule shown in FIG. 1, transcript/cDNA or FIG. 3, genomic sequence), as well as all obvious variants of these peptides that are within the art to make and use. Some of these variants are described in detail below.

As used herein, a peptide is said to be “isolated” or “purified” when it is substantially free of cellular material or free of chemical precursors or other chemicals. The peptides of the present invention can be purified to homogeneity or other degrees of purity. The level of purification will be based on the intended use. The critical feature is that the preparation allows for the desired function of the peptide, even if in the presence of considerable amounts of other components (the features of an isolated nucleic acid molecule is discussed below).

In some uses, “substantially free of cellular material” includes preparations of the peptide having less than about 30% (by dry weight) other proteins (i.e., contaminating protein), less than about 20% other proteins, less than about 10% other proteins, or less than about 5% other proteins. When the peptide is recombinantly produced, it can also be substantially free of culture medium, i.e., culture medium represents less than about 20% of the volume of the protein preparation.

The language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of the peptide in which it is separated from chemical precursors or other chemicals that are involved in its synthesis. In one embodiment, the language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of the kinase peptide having less than about 30% (by dry weight) chemical precursors or other chemicals, less than about 20% chemical precursors or other chemicals, less than about 10% chemical precursors or other chemicals, or less than about 5% chemical precursors or other chemicals.

The isolated kinase peptide can be purified from cells that naturally express it, purified from cells that have been altered to express it (recombinant), or synthesized using known protein synthesis methods. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. For example, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the kinase peptide is cloned into an expression vector, the expression vector introduced into a host cell and the protein expressed in the host cell. The protein can then be isolated from the cells by an appropriate purification scheme using standard protein purification techniques. Many of these techniques are described in detail below.

Accordingly, the present invention provides proteins that consist of the amino acid sequences provided in FIG. 2 (SEQ ID NO:2), for example, proteins encoded by the transcript/cDNA nucleic acid sequences shown in FIG. 1 (SEQ ID NO:1) and the genomic sequences provided in FIG. 3 (SEQ ID NO:3). The amino acid sequence of such a protein is provided in FIG. 2. A protein consists of an amino acid sequence when the amino acid sequence is the final amino acid sequence of the protein.

The present invention further provides proteins that consist essentially of the amino acid sequences provided in FIG. 2 (SEQ ID NO:2), for example, proteins encoded by the transcript/cDNA nucleic acid sequences shown in FIG. 1 (SEQ ID NO:1) and the genomic sequences provided in FIG. 3 (SEQ ID NO:3). A protein consists essentially of an amino acid sequence when such an amino acid sequence is present with only a few additional amino acid residues, for example from about 1 to about 100 or so additional residues, typically from 1 to about 20 additional residues in the final protein.

The present invention further provides proteins that comprise the amino acid sequences provided in FIG. 2 (SEQ ID NO:2), for example, proteins encoded by the transcript/cDNA nucleic acid sequences shown in FIG. 1 (SEQ ID NO:1) and the genomic sequences provided in FIG. 3 (SEQ ID NO:3). A protein comprises an amino acid sequence when the amino acid sequence is at least part of the final amino acid sequence of the protein. In such a fashion, the protein can be only the peptide or have additional amino acid molecules, such as amino acid residues (contiguous encoded sequence) that are naturally associated with it or heterologous amino acid residues/peptide sequences. Such a protein can have a few additional amino acid residues or can comprise several hundred or more additional amino acids. The preferred classes of proteins that are comprised of the kinase peptides of the present invention are the naturally occurring mature proteins. A brief description of how various types of these proteins can be made/isolated is provided below.

The kinase peptides of the present invention can be attached to heterologous sequences to form chimeric or fusion proteins. Such chimeric and fusion proteins comprise a kinase peptide operatively linked to a heterologous protein having an amino acid sequence not substantially homologous to the kinase peptide. “Operatively linked” indicates that the kinase peptide and the heterologous protein are fused in-frame. The heterologous protein can be fused to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the kinase peptide.

In some uses, the fusion protein does not affect the activity of the kinase peptide per se. For example, the fusion protein can include, but is not limited to, enzymatic fusion proteins, for example beta-galactosidase fusions, yeast two-hybrid GAL fusions, poly-His fusions, MYC-tagged, HI-tagged and Ig fusions. Such fusion proteins, particularly poly-His fusions, can facilitate the purification of recombinant kinase peptide. In certain host cells (e.g., mammalian-host cells), expression and/or secretion of a protein can be increased by using a heterologous signal sequence.

A chimeric or fusion protein can be produced by standard recombinant DNA techniques. For example, DNA fragments coding for the different protein sequences are ligated together in-frame in accordance with conventional techniques. In another embodiment, the fusion gene can be synthesized by conventional techniques including automated DNA synthesizers. Alternatively, PCR amplification of gene fragments can be carried out using anchor primers which give rise to complementary overhangs between two consecutive gene fragments which can subsequently be annealed and re-amplified to generate a chimeric gene sequence (see Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 1992). Moreover, many expression vectors are commercially available that already encode a fusion moiety (e.g., a GST protein). A kinase peptide-encoding nucleic acid can be cloned into such an expression vector such that the fusion moiety is linked in-frame to the kinase peptide.

As mentioned above, the present invention also provides and enables obvious variants of the amino acid sequence of the proteins of the present invention, such as naturally occurring mature, forms of the peptide, allelic/sequence variants of the peptides, non-naturally occurring recombinantly derived variants of the peptides, and orthologs and paralogs of the peptides. Such variants can readily be generated using art-known techniques in the fields of recombinant nucleic acid technology and protein biochemistry. It is understood, however, that variants exclude any amino acid sequences disclosed prior to the invention.

Such variants can readily be identified/made using molecular techniques and the sequence information disclosed herein. Further, such variants can readily be distinguished from other peptides based on sequence and/or structural homology to the kinase peptides of the present invention. The degree of homology/identity present will be based primarily on whether the peptide is a functional variant or non-functional variant, the amount of divergence present in the paralog family and the evolutionary distance between the orthologs.

To determine the percent identity of two amino acid sequences or two nucleic acid sequences, the sequences are aligned for optimal comparison purposes (e.g., gaps can be introduced in one or both of a first and a second amino acid or nucleic acid sequence for optimal alignment and non-homologous sequences can be disregarded for comparison purposes). In a preferred embodiment, at least 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% or more of the length of a reference sequence is aligned for comparison purposes. The amino acid residues or nucleotides at corresponding amino acid positions or nucleotide positions are then compared. When a position in the first sequence is occupied by the same amino acid residue or nucleotide as the corresponding position in the second sequence, then the molecules are identical at that position (as used herein amino acid or nucleic acid “identity” is equivalent to amino acid or, nucleic acid “homology”). The percent identity between the two sequences is a function of the number of identical positions shared by the sequences, taking into account the number of gaps, and the length of each gap, which need to be introduced for optimal alignment of the two sequences.

The comparison of sequences and determination of percent identity and similarity between two sequences can be accomplished using a mathematical algorithm. (Computational Molecular Biology, Lesk, A. M., ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1988; Biocomputing: Informatics and Genome Projects, Smith, D. W., ed., Academic Press, New York, 1993; Computer Analysis of Sequence Data, Part 1, Griffin, A. M., and Griffin, H. G., eds., Humana Press, New Jersey, 1994; Sequence Analysis in Molecular Biology, von Heinje, G., Academic Press, 1987; and Sequence Analysis Primer, Gribskov, M. and Devereux, J., eds., M Stockton Press, New York, 1991). In a preferred embodiment, the percent identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol. Biol. (48):444-453 (1970)) algorithm which has been incorporated into the GAP program in the GCG software package (available at http://www.gcg.com), using either a Blossom 62 matrix or a PAM250 matrix, and a gap weight of 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, or 4 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. In yet another preferred embodiment, the percent identity between two nucleotide sequences is determined using the GAP program in the GCG software package (Devereux, J., et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 12(1):387 (1984)) (available at http://www.gcg.com), using a NWSgapdna.CMP matrix and a gap weight of 40, 50, 60, 70, or 80 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. In another embodiment, the percent identity between two amino acid or nucleotide sequences is determined using the algorithm of E. Myers and W. Miller (CABIOS, 4:11-17 (1989)) which has been incorporated into the ALIGN program (version 2.0), using a PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penalty of 12 and a gap penalty of 4.

The nucleic acid and protein sequences of the present invention can further be used as a “query sequence” to perform a search against sequence databases to, for example, identify other family members or related sequences. Such searches can be performed using the NBLAST and XBLAST programs (version 2.0) of Altschul, et al. (J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-10 (1990)). BLAST nucleotide searches can be performed with the NBLAST program, score=100, wordlength=12 to obtain nucleotide sequences homologous to the nucleic acid molecules of the invention. BLAST protein searches can be performed with the XBLAST program, score=50, wordlength=3 to obtain amino acid sequences homologous to the proteins of the invention. To obtain gapped alignments for comparison purposes, Gapped BLAST can be utilized as described in Altschul et al. (Nucleic Acids Res. 25(17):3389-3402 (1997)). When utilizing BLAST and gapped BLAST programs, the default parameters of the respective programs (e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST) can be used.

Full-length pre-processed forms, as well as mature processed forms, of proteins that comprise one of the peptides of the present invention can readily be identified as having complete sequence identity to one of the kinase peptides of the present invention as well as being encoded by the same genetic locus as the kinase peptide provided herein. The gene encoding the novel kinase protein of the present invention is located on a genome component that has been mapped to human chromosome 1 (as indicated in FIG. 3), which is supported by multiple lines of evidence, such as STS and BAC map data.

Allelic variants of a kinase peptide can readily be identified as being a human protein having a high degree (significant) of sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the kinase peptide as well as being encoded by the same genetic locus as the kinase peptide provided herein. Genetic locus can readily be determined based on the genomic information provided in FIG. 3, such as the genomic sequence mapped to the reference human. The gene encoding the novel kinase protein of the present invention is located on a genome component that has been mapped to human chromosome 1 (as indicated in FIG. 3), which is supported by multiple lines of evidence, such as STS and BAC map data. As used herein, two proteins (or a region of the proteins) have significant homology when the amino acid sequences are typically at least about 70-80%, 80-90%, and more typically at least about 90-95% or more homologous. A significantly homologous amino acid sequence, according to the present invention, will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a kinase peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under stringent conditions as more fully described below.

FIG. 3 provides information on SNPs that have been found in the gene encoding the kinase protein of the present invention. The following variations were seen: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, A11773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131. SNPs in introns, such as these, may affect control/regulatory elements.

Paralogs of a kinase peptide can readily be identified as having some degree of significant sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the kinase peptide, as being encoded by a gene from humans, and as having similar activity or function. Two proteins will typically be considered paralogs when the amino acid sequences are typically at least about 60% or greater, and more typically at least about 70% or greater homology through a given region or domain. Such paralogs will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a kinase peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under moderate to stringent conditions as more fully described below.

Orthologs of a kinase peptide can readily be identified as having some degree of significant sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the kinase peptide as well as being encoded by a gene from another organism. Preferred orthologs will be isolated from mammals, preferably primates, for the development of human therapeutic targets and agents. Such orthologs will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a kinase peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under moderate to stringent conditions, as more fully described below, depending on the degree of relatedness of the two organisms yielding the proteins.

Non-naturally occurring variants of the kinase peptides of the present invention can readily be generated using recombinant techniques. Such variants include, but are not limited to deletions, additions and substitutions in the amino acid sequence of the kinase peptide. For example, one class of substitutions are conserved amino acid substitution. Such substitutions are those that substitute a given amino acid in a kinase peptide by another amino acid of like characteristics. Typically seen as conservative substitutions are the replacements, one for another, among the aliphatic amino acids Ala, Val, Leu, and Ile; interchange of the hydroxyl residues Ser and Thr; exchange of the acidic residues Asp and Glu; substitution between the amide residues Asn and Gln; exchange of the basic residues Lys and Arg; and replacements among the aromatic residues Phe and Tyr. Guidance concerning which amino acid changes are likely to be phenotypically silent are found in Bowie et al., Science 247:1306-1310 (1990).

Variant kinase peptides can be fully functional or can lack function in one or more activities, e.g. ability to bind substrate, ability to phosphorylate substrate, ability to mediate signaling, etc. Fully functional variants typically contain only conservative variation or variation in non-critical residues or in non-critical regions. FIG. 2 provides the result of protein analysis and can be used to identify critical domains/regions. Functional variants can also contain substitution of similar amino acids that result in no change or an insignificant change in function. Alternatively, such substitutions may positively or negatively affect function to some degree.

Non-functional variants typically contain one or more non-conservative amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions, inversions, or truncation or a substitution, insertion, inversion, or deletion in a critical residue or critical region.

Amino acids that are essential for function can be identified by methods known in the art, such as site-directed mutagenesis or alanine-scanning mutagenesis (Cunningham et al., Science 244:1081-1085 (1989)), particularly using the results provided in FIG. 2. The latter procedure introduces single alanine mutations at every residue in the molecule. The resulting mutant molecules are then tested for biological activity such as kinase activity or in assays such as an in vitro proliferative activity. Sites that are critical for binding partner/substrate binding can also be determined by structural analysis such as crystallization, nuclear magnetic resonance or photoaffinity labeling (Smith et al., J. Mol. Biol. 224:899-904 (1992); de Vos et al. Science 255:306-312 (1992)).

The present invention further provides fragments of the kinase peptides, in addition to proteins and peptides that comprise and consist of such fragments, particularly those comprising the residues identified in FIG. 2. The fragments to which the invention pertains, however, are not to be construed as encompassing fragments that may be disclosed publicly prior to the present invention.

As used herein, a fragment comprises at least 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, or more contiguous amino acid residues from a kinase peptide. Such fragments can be chosen based on the ability to retain one or more of the biological activities of the kinase peptide or could be chosen for the ability to perform a function, e.g. bind a substrate or act as an immunogen. Particularly important fragments are biologically active fragments, peptides that are, for example, about 8 or more amino acids in length. Such fragments will typically comprise a domain or motif of the kinase peptide, e.g., active site, a transmembrane domain or a substrate-binding domain. Further, possible fragments include, but are not limited to, domain or motif containing fragments, soluble peptide fragments, and fragments containing immunogenic structures. Predicted domains and functional sites are readily identifiable by computer programs well known and readily available to those of skill in the art (e.g., PROSITE analysis). The results of one such analysis are provided in FIG. 2.

Polypeptides often contain amino acids other than the 20 amino acids commonly referred to as the 20 naturally occurring amino acids. Further, many amino acids, including the terminal amino acids, may be modified by natural processes, such as processing and other post-translational modifications, or by chemical modification techniques well known in the art. Common modifications that occur naturally in kinase peptides are described in basic texts, detailed monographs, and the research literature, and they are well known to those of skill in the art (some of these features are identified in FIG. 2).

Known modifications include, but are not limited to, acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphotidylinositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent crosslinks, formation of cystine, formation of pyroglutamate, formylation, gamma carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI anchor formation, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, selenoylation, sulfation, transfer-RNA mediated addition of amino acids to proteins such as arginylation, and ubiquitination.

Such modifications are well known to those of skill in the art and have been described in great detail in the scientific literature. Several particularly common modifications, glycosylation, lipid attachment, sulfation, gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues, hydroxylation and ADP-ribosylation, for instance, are described in most basic texts, such as Proteins—Structure and Molecular Properties, 2nd Ed., T. E. Creighton, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York (1993). Many detailed reviews are available on this subject, such as by Wold, F., Posttranslational Covalent Modification of Proteins, B. C. Johnson, Ed., Academic Press, New York 1-12 (1983); Seifter et al. (Meth. Enzymol. 182: 626-646 (1990)) and Rattan et al. (Ann. N. Y Acad. Sci. 663:48-62 (1992)).

Accordingly, the kinase peptides of the present invention also encompass derivatives or analogs in which a substituted amino acid residue is not one encoded by the genetic code, in which a substituent group is included, in which the mature kinase peptide is fused with another compound, such as a compound to increase the half-life of the kinase peptide (for example, polyethylene glycol), or in which the additional amino acids are fused to the mature kinase peptide, such as a leader or secretory sequence or a sequence for purification of the mature kinase peptide or a pro-protein sequence.

Protein/Peptide Uses

The proteins of the present invention can be used in substantial and specific assays related to the functional information provided in the Figures; to raise antibodies or to elicit another immune response; as a reagent (including the labeled reagent) in assays designed to quantitatively determine levels of the protein (or its binding partner or ligand) in biological fluids; and as markers for tissues in which the corresponding protein is preferentially expressed (either constitutively or at a particular stage of tissue differentiation or development or in a disease state). Where the protein binds or potentially binds to another protein or ligand (such as, for example, in a kinase-effector protein interaction or kinase-ligand interaction), the protein can be used to identify the binding partner/ligand so as to develop a system to identify inhibitors of the binding interaction. Any or all of these uses are capable of being developed into reagent grade or kit format for commercialization as commercial products.

Methods for performing the uses listed above are well known to those skilled in the art. References disclosing such methods include “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual”, 2d ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Sambrook, J., E. F. Fritsch and T. Maniatis eds., 1989, and “Methods in Enzymology: Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques”, Academic Press, Berger, S. L. and A. R. Kimmel eds., 1987.

The potential uses of the peptides of the present invention are based primarily on the source of the protein as well as the class/action of the protein. For example, kinases isolated from humans and their human/mammalian orthologs serve as targets for identifying agents for use in mammalian therapeutic applications, e.g. a human drug, particularly in modulating a biological or pathological response in a cell or tissue that expresses the kinase. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver. A large percentage of pharmaceutical agents are being developed that modulate the activity of kinase proteins, particularly members of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily (see Background of the Invention). The structural and functional information provided in the Background and Figures provide specific and substantial uses for the molecules of the present invention, particularly in combination with the expression information provided in FIG. 1. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. Such uses can readily be determined using the information provided herein, that which is known in the art, and routine experimentation.

The proteins of the present invention (including variants and fragments that may have been disclosed prior to the present invention) are useful for biological assays related to kinases that are related to members of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase subfamily. Such assays involve any of the known kinase functions or activities or properties useful for diagnosis and treatment of kinase-related conditions that are specific for the subfamily of kinases that the one of the present invention belongs to, particularly in cells and tissues that express the kinase. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver.

The proteins of the present invention are also useful in drug screening assays, in cell-based or cell-free systems. Cell-based systems can be native, i.e., cells that normally express the kinase, as a biopsy or expanded in cell culture. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. In an alternate embodiment, cell-based assays involve recombinant host cells expressing the kinase protein.

The polypeptides can be used to identify compounds that modulate kinase activity of the protein in its natural state or an altered form that causes a specific disease or pathology associated with the kinase. Both the kinases of the present invention and appropriate variants and fragments can be used in high-throughput screens to assay candidate compounds for the ability to bind to the kinase. These compounds can be further screened against a functional kinase to determine the effect of the compound on the kinase activity. Further, these compounds can be tested in animal or invertebrate systems to determine activity/effectiveness. Compounds can be identified that activate (agonist) or inactivate (antagonist) the kinase to a desired degree.

Further, the proteins of the present invention can be used to screen a compound for the ability to stimulate or inhibit interaction between the kinase protein and a molecule that normally interacts with the kinase protein, e.g. a substrate or a component of the signal pathway that the kinase protein normally interacts (for example, another kinase). Such assays typically include the steps of combining the kinase protein with a candidate compound under conditions that allow the kinase protein, or fragment, to interact with the target molecule, and to detect the formation of a complex between the protein and the target or to detect the biochemical consequence of the interaction with the kinase protein and the target, such as any of the associated effects of signal transduction such as protein phosphorylation, cAMP turnover, and adenylate cyclase activation, etc.

Candidate compounds include, for example, 1) peptides such as soluble peptides, including Ig-tailed fusion peptides and members of random peptide libraries (see, e.g., Lam et al., Nature 354:82-84 (1991); Houghten et al., Nature 354:84-86 (1991)) and combinatorial chemistry-derived molecular libraries made of D- and/or L-configuration amino acids; 2) phosphopeptides (e.g., members of random and partially degenerate, directed phosphopeptide libraries, see, e.g., Songyang et al., Cell 72:767-778 (1993)); 3) antibodies (e.g., polyclonal, monoclonal, humanized, anti-idiotypic, chimeric, and single chain antibodies as well as Fab, F(ab′)₂, Fab expression library fragments, and epitope-binding fragments of antibodies); and 4) small organic and inorganic molecules (e.g., molecules obtained from combinatorial and natural product libraries).

One candidate compound is a soluble fragment of the receptor that competes for substrate binding. Other candidate compounds include mutant kinases or appropriate fragments containing mutations that affect kinase function and thus compete for substrate. Accordingly, a fragment that competes for substrate, for example with a higher affinity, or a fragment that binds substrate but does not allow release, is encompassed by the invention.

The invention further includes other end point assays to identify compounds that modulate (stimulate or inhibit) kinase activity. The assays typically involve an assay of events in the signal transduction pathway that indicate kinase activity. Thus, the phosphorylation of a substrate, activation of a protein, a change in the expression of genes that are up- or down-regulated in response to the kinase protein dependent signal cascade can be assayed.

Any of the biological or biochemical functions mediated by the kinase can be used as an endpoint assay. These include all of the biochemical or biochemical/biological events described herein, in the references cited herein, incorporated by reference for these endpoint assay targets, and other functions known to those of ordinary skill in the art or that can be readily identified using the information provided in the Figures, particularly FIG. 2. Specifically, a biological function of a cell or tissues that expresses the kinase can be assayed. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver.

Binding and/or activating compounds can also be screened by using chimeric kinase proteins in which the amino terminal extracellular domain, or parts thereof, the entire transmembrane domain or subregions, such as any of the seven transmembrane segments or any of the intracellular or extracellular loops and the carboxy terminal intracellular domain, or parts thereof, can be replaced by heterologous domains or subregions. For example, a substrate-binding region can be used that interacts with a different substrate then that which is recognized by the native kinase. Accordingly, a different set of signal transduction components is available as an end-point assay for activation. This allows for assays to be performed in other than the specific host cell from which the kinase is derived.

The proteins of the present invention are also useful in competition binding assays in methods designed to discover compounds that interact with the kinase (e.g. binding partners and/or ligands). Thus, a compound is exposed to a kinase polypeptide under conditions that allow the compound to bind or to otherwise interact with the polypeptide. Soluble kinase polypeptide is also added to the mixture. If the test compound interacts with the soluble kinase polypeptide, it decreases the amount of complex formed or activity from the kinase target. This type of assay is particularly useful in cases in which compounds are sought that interact with specific regions of the kinase. Thus, the soluble polypeptide that competes with the target kinase region is designed to contain peptide sequences corresponding to the region of interest.

To perform cell free drug screening assays, it is sometimes desirable to immobilize either the kinase protein, or fragment, or its target molecule to facilitate separation of complexes from uncomplexed forms of one or both of the proteins, as well as to accommodate automation of the assay.

Techniques for immobilizing proteins on matrices can be used in the drug screening assays. In one embodiment, a fusion protein can be provided which adds a domain that allows the protein to be bound to a matrix. For example, glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins can be adsorbed onto glutathione sepharose beads (Sigma Chemical, St. Louis, Mo.) or glutathione derivatized microtitre plates, which are then combined with the cell lysates (e.g., ³⁵S-labeled) and the candidate compound, and the mixture incubated under conditions conducive to complex formation (e.g., at physiological conditions for salt and pH). Following incubation, the beads are washed to remove any unbound label, and the matrix immobilized and radiolabel determined directly, or in the supernatant after the complexes are dissociated. Alternatively, the complexes can be dissociated from the matrix, separated by SDS-PAGE, and the level of kinase-binding protein found in the bead fraction quantitated from the gel using standard electrophoretic techniques. For example, either the polypeptide or its target molecule can be immobilized utilizing conjugation of biotin and streptavidin using techniques well known in the art. Alternatively, antibodies reactive with the protein but which do not interfere with binding of the protein to its target molecule can be derivatized to the wells of the plate, and the protein trapped in the wells by antibody conjugation. Preparations of a kinase-binding protein and a candidate compound are incubated in the kinase protein-presenting wells and the amount of complex trapped in the well can be quantitated. Methods for detecting such complexes, in addition to those described above for the GST-immobilized complexes, include immunodetection of complexes using antibodies reactive with the kinase protein target molecule, or which are reactive with kinase protein and compete with the target molecule, as well as enzyme-linked assays which rely on detecting an enzymatic activity associated with the target molecule.

Agents that modulate one of the kinases of the present invention can be identified using one or more of the above assays, alone or in combination. It is generally preferable to use a cell-based or cell free system first and then confirm activity in an animal or other model system. Such model systems are well known in the art and can readily be employed in this context.

Modulators of kinase protein activity identified according to these drug screening assays can be used to treat a subject with a disorder mediated by the kinase pathway, by treating cells or tissues that express the kinase. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. These methods of treatment include the steps of administering a modulator of kinase activity in a pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need of such treatment, the modulator being identified as described herein.

In yet another aspect of the invention, the kinase proteins can be used as “bait proteins” in a two-hybrid assay or three-hybrid assay (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,317; Zervos et al. (1993) Cell 72:223-232; Madura et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268:12046-12054; Bartel et al. (1993) Biotechniques 14:920-924; Iwabuchi et al. (1993) Oncogene 8:1693-1696; and Brent WO94/10300), to identify other proteins, which bind to or interact with the kinase and are involved in kinase activity. Such kinase-binding proteins are also likely to be involved in the propagation of signals by the kinase proteins or kinase targets as, for example, downstream elements of a kinase-mediated signaling pathway. Alternatively, such kinase-binding proteins are likely to be kinase inhibitors.

The two-hybrid system is based on the modular nature of most transcription factors, which consist of separable DNA-binding and activation domains. Briefly, the assay utilizes two different DNA constructs. In one construct, the gene that codes for a kinase protein is fused to a gene encoding the DNA binding domain of a known transcription factor (e.g., GAL-4). In the other construct, a DNA sequence, from a library of DNA sequences, that encodes an unidentified protein (“prey” or “sample”) is fused to a gene that codes for the activation domain of the known transcription factor. If the “bait” and the “prey” proteins are able to interact, in vivo, forming a kinase-dependent complex, the DNA-binding and activation domains of the transcription factor are brought into close proximity. This proximity allows transcription of a reporter gene (e.g., LacZ) which is operably linked to a transcriptional regulatory site responsive to the transcription factor. Expression of the reporter gene can be detected and cell colonies containing the functional transcription factor can be isolated and used to obtain the cloned gene which encodes the protein which interacts with the kinase protein.

This invention further pertains to novel agents identified by the above-described screening assays. Accordingly, it is within the scope of this invention to further use an agent identified as described herein in an appropriate animal model. For example, an agent identified as described herein (e.g., a kinase-modulating agent, an antisense kinase nucleic acid molecule, a kinase-specific antibody, or a kinase-binding partner) can be used in an animal or other model to determine the efficacy, toxicity, or side effects of treatment with such an agent. Alternatively, an agent identified as described herein can be used in an animal or other model to determine the mechanism of action of such an agent. Furthermore, this invention pertains to uses of novel agents identified by the above-described screening assays for treatments as described herein.

The kinase proteins of the present invention are also useful to provide a target for diagnosing a disease or predisposition to disease mediated by the peptide. Accordingly, the invention provides methods for detecting the presence, or levels of, the protein (or encoding mRNA) in a cell, tissue, or organism. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. The method involves contacting a biological sample with a compound capable of interacting with the kinase protein such that the interaction can be detected. Such an assay can be provided in a single detection format or a multi-detection format such as an antibody chip array.

One agent for detecting a protein in a sample is an antibody capable of selectively binding to protein. A biological sample includes tissues, cells and biological fluids isolated from a subject, as well as tissues, cells and fluids present within a subject.

The peptides of the present invention also provide targets for diagnosing active protein activity, disease, or predisposition to disease, in a patient having a variant peptide, particularly activities and conditions that are known for other members of the family of proteins to which the present one belongs. Thus, the peptide can be isolated from a biological sample and assayed for the presence of a genetic mutation that results in aberrant peptide. This includes amino acid substitution, deletion, insertion, rearrangement, (as the result of aberrant splicing events), and inappropriate post-translational modification. Analytic methods include altered electrophoretic mobility, altered tryptic peptide digest, altered kinase activity in cell-based or cell-free assay, alteration in substrate or antibody-binding pattern, altered isoelectric point, direct amino acid sequencing, and any other of the known assay techniques useful for detecting mutations in a protein. Such an assay can be provided in a single detection format or a multi-detection format such as an antibody chip array.

In vitro techniques for detection of peptide include enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), Western blots, immunoprecipitations and immunofluorescence using a detection reagent, such as an antibody or protein binding agent. Alternatively, the peptide can be detected in vivo in a subject by introducing into the subject a labeled anti-peptide antibody or other types of detection agent. For example, the antibody can be labeled with a radioactive marker whose presence and location in a subject can be detected by standard imaging techniques. Particularly useful are methods that detect the allelic variant of a peptide expressed in a subject and methods which detect fragments of a peptide in a sample.

The peptides are also useful in pharmacogenomic analysis. Pharmacogenomics deal with clinically significant hereditary variations in the response to drugs due to altered drug disposition and abnormal action in affected persons. See, e.g., Eichelbaum, M. (Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol. 23(10-11):983-985 (1996)), and Linder, M. W. (Clin. Chem. 43(2):254-266 (1997)). The clinical outcomes of these variations result in severe toxicity of therapeutic drugs in certain individuals or therapeutic failure of drugs in certain individuals as a result of individual variation in metabolism. Thus, the genotype of the individual can determine the way a therapeutic compound acts on the body or the way the body metabolizes the compound. Further, the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes effects both the intensity and duration of drug action. Thus, the pharmacogenomics of the individual permit the selection of effective compounds and effective dosages of such compounds for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment based on the individual's genotype. The discovery of genetic polymorphisms in some drug metabolizing enzymes has explained why some patients do not obtain the expected drug effects, show an exaggerated drug effect, or experience serious toxicity from standard drug dosages. Polymorphisms can be expressed in the phenotype of the extensive metabolizer and the phenotype of the poor metabolizer. Accordingly, genetic polymorphism may lead to allelic protein variants of the kinase protein in which one or more of the kinase functions in one population is different from those in another population. The peptides thus allow a target to ascertain a genetic predisposition that can affect treatment modality. Thus, in a ligand-based treatment, polymorphism may give rise to amino terminal extracellular domains and/or other substrate-binding regions that are more or less active in substrate binding, and kinase activation. Accordingly, substrate dosage would necessarily be modified to maximize the therapeutic effect within a given population containing a polymorphism. As an alternative to genotyping, specific polymorphic peptides could be identified.

The peptides are also useful for treating a disorder characterized by an absence of, inappropriate, or unwanted expression of the protein. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. Accordingly, methods for treatment include the use of the kinase protein or fragments.

Antibodies

The invention also provides antibodies that selectively bind to one of the peptides of the present invention, a protein comprising such a peptide, as well as variants and fragments thereof. As used herein, an antibody selectively binds a target peptide when it binds the target peptide and does not significantly bind to unrelated proteins. An antibody is still considered to selectively bind a peptide even if it also binds to other proteins that are not substantially homologous with the target peptide so long as such proteins share homology with a fragment or domain of the peptide target of the antibody. In this case, it would be understood that antibody binding to the peptide is still selective despite some degree of cross-reactivity.

As used herein, an antibody is defined in terms consistent with that recognized within the art: they are multi-subunit proteins produced by a mammalian organism in response to an antigen challenge. The antibodies of the present invention include polyclonal antibodies and monoclonal antibodies, as well as fragments of such antibodies, including, but not limited to, Fab or F(ab′)2, and Fv fragments.

Many methods are known for generating and/or identifying antibodies to a given target peptide. Several such methods are described by Harlow, Antibodies, Cold Spring Harbor Press, (1989).

In general, to generate antibodies, an isolated peptide is used as an immunogen and is administered to a mammalian organism, such as a rat, rabbit or mouse. The full-length protein, an antigenic peptide fragment or a fusion protein can be used. Particularly important fragments are those covering functional domains, such as the domains identified in FIG. 2, and domain of sequence homology or divergence amongst the family, such as those that can readily be identified using protein alignment methods and as presented in the Figures.

Antibodies are preferably prepared from regions or discrete fragments of the kinase proteins. Antibodies can be prepared from any region of the peptide as described herein. However, preferred regions will include those involved in function/activity and/or kinase/binding partner interaction. FIG. 2 can be used to identify particularly important regions while sequence alignment can be used to identify conserved and unique sequence fragments.

An antigenic fragment will typically comprise at least 8 contiguous amino acid residues. The antigenic peptide can comprise, however, at least 10, 12, 14, 16 or more amino acid residues. Such fragments can be selected on a physical property, such as fragments correspond to regions that are located on the surface of the protein, e.g., hydrophilic regions or can be selected based on sequence uniqueness (see FIG. 2).

Detection on an antibody of the present invention can be facilitated by coupling (i.e., physically linking) the antibody to a detectable substance. Examples of detectable substances include various enzymes, prosthetic groups, fluorescent materials, luminescent materials, bioluminescent materials, and radioactive materials. Examples of suitable enzymes include horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, β-galactosidase, or acetylcholinesterase; examples of suitable prosthetic group complexes include streptavidin/biotin and avidin/biotin; examples of suitable fluorescent materials include umbelliferone, fluorescein, fluorescein isothiocyanate, rhodamine, dichlorotriazinylamine fluorescein, dansyl chloride or phycoerythrin; an example of a luminescent material includes luminol; examples of bioluminescent materials include luciferase, luciferin, and aequorin, and examples of suitable radioactive material include ¹²⁵I, ¹³¹I, ³⁵S or ³H.

Antibody Uses

The antibodies can be used to isolate one of the proteins of the present invention by standard techniques, such as affinity chromatography or immunoprecipitation. The antibodies can facilitate the purification of the natural protein from cells and recombinantly produced protein expressed in host cells. In addition, such antibodies are useful to detect the presence of one of the proteins of the present invention in cells or tissues to determine the pattern of expression of the protein among various tissues in an organism and over the course of normal development. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver. Further, such antibodies can be used to detect protein in situ, in vitro, or in a cell lysate or supernatant in order to evaluate the abundance and pattern of expression. Also, such antibodies can be used to assess abnormal tissue distribution or abnormal expression during development or progression of a biological condition. Antibody detection of circulating fragments of the full length protein can be used to identify turnover.

Further, the antibodies can be used to assess expression in disease states such as in active stages of the disease or in an individual with a predisposition toward disease related to the protein's function. When a disorder is caused by an inappropriate tissue distribution, developmental expression, level of expression of the protein, or expressed/processed form, the antibody can be prepared against the normal protein. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. If a disorder is characterized by a specific mutation in the protein, antibodies specific for this mutant protein can be used to assay for the presence of the specific mutant protein.

The antibodies can also be used to assess normal and aberrant subcellular localization of cells in the various tissues in an organism. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. The diagnostic uses can be applied, not only in genetic testing, but also in monitoring a treatment modality. Accordingly, where treatment is ultimately aimed at correcting expression level or the presence of aberrant sequence and aberrant tissue distribution or developmental expression, antibodies directed against the protein or relevant fragments can be used to monitor therapeutic efficacy.

Additionally, antibodies are useful in pharmacogenomic analysis. Thus, antibodies prepared against polymorphic proteins can be used to identify individuals that require modified treatment modalities. The antibodies are also useful as diagnostic tools as an immunological marker for aberrant protein analyzed by electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point, tryptic peptide digest, and other physical assays known to those in the art.

The antibodies are also useful for tissue typing. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. Thus, where a specific protein has been correlated with expression in a specific tissue, antibodies that are specific for this protein can be used to identify a tissue type.

The antibodies are also useful for inhibiting protein function, for example, blocking the binding of the kinase peptide to a binding partner such as a substrate. These uses can also be applied in a therapeutic context in which treatment involves inhibiting the protein's function. An antibody can be used, for example, to block binding, thus modulating (agonizing or antagonizing) the peptides activity. Antibodies can be prepared against specific fragments containing sites required for function or against intact protein that is associated with a cell or cell membrane. See FIG. 2 for structural information relating to the proteins of the present invention.

The invention also encompasses kits for using antibodies to detect the presence of a protein in a biological sample. The kit can comprise antibodies such as a labeled or labelable antibody and a compound or agent for detecting protein in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of protein in the sample; means for comparing the amount of protein in the sample with a standard; and instructions for use. Such a kit can be supplied to detect a single protein or epitope or can be configured to detect one of a multitude of epitopes, such as in an antibody detection array. Arrays are described in detail below for nuleic acid arrays and similar methods have been developed for antibody arrays.

Nucleic Acid Molecules

The present invention further provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode a kinase peptide or protein of the present invention (cDNA, transcript and genomic sequence). Such nucleic acid molecules will consist of, consist essentially of, or comprise a nucleotide sequence that encodes one of the kinase peptides of the present invention, an allelic variant thereof, or an ortholog or paralog thereof.

As used herein, an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule is one that is separated from other nucleic acid present in the natural source of the nucleic acid. Preferably, an “isolated” nucleic acid is free of sequences which naturally flank the nucleic acid (i.e., sequences located at the 5′ and 3′ ends of the nucleic acid) in the genomic DNA of the organism from which the nucleic acid is derived. However, there can be some flanking nucleotide sequences, for example up to about 5KB, 4KB, 3KB, 2KB, or 1KB or less, particularly contiguous peptide encoding sequences and peptide encoding sequences within the same gene but separated by introns in the genomic sequence. The important point is that the nucleic acid is isolated from remote and unimportant flanking sequences such that it can be subjected to the specific manipulations described herein such as recombinant expression, preparation of probes and primers, and other uses specific to the nucleic acid sequences.

Moreover, an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule, such as a transcript/cDNA molecule, can be substantially free of other cellular material, or culture medium when produced by recombinant techniques, or chemical precursors or other chemicals when chemically synthesized. However, the nucleic acid molecule can be fused to other coding or regulatory sequences and still be considered isolated.

For example, recombinant DNA molecules contained in a vector are considered isolated. Further examples of isolated DNA molecules include recombinant DNA molecules maintained in heterologous host cells or purified (partially or substantially) DNA molecules in solution. Isolated RNA molecules include in vivo or in vitro RNA transcripts of the isolated DNA molecules of the present invention. Isolated nucleic acid molecules according to the present invention further include such molecules produced synthetically.

Accordingly, the present invention provides nucleic acid molecules that consist of the nucleotide sequence shown in FIG. 1 or 3 (SEQ ID NO:1, transcript sequence and SEQ ID NO:3, genomic sequence), or any nucleic acid molecule that encodes the protein provided in FIG. 2, SEQ ID NO:2. A nucleic acid molecule consists of a nucleotide sequence when the nucleotide sequence is the complete nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid molecule.

The present invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that consist essentially of the nucleotide sequence shown in FIG. 1 or 3 (SEQ ID NO:1, transcript sequence and SEQ ID NO:3, genomic sequence), or any nucleic acid molecule that encodes the protein provided in FIG. 2, SEQ ID NO:2. A nucleic acid molecule consists essentially of a nucleotide sequence when such a nucleotide sequence is present with only a few additional nucleic acid residues in the final nucleic acid molecule.

The present invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that comprise the nucleotide sequences shown in FIG. 1 or 3 (SEQ ID NO:1, transcript sequence and SEQ ID NO:3, genomic sequence), or any nucleic acid molecule that encodes the protein provided in FIG. 2, SEQ ID NO:2. A nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence when the nucleotide sequence is at least part of the final nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid molecule. In such a fashion, the nucleic acid molecule can be only the nucleotide sequence or have additional nucleic acid residues, such as nucleic acid residues that are naturally associated with it or heterologous nucleotide sequences. Such a nucleic acid molecule can have a few additional nucleotides or can comprises several hundred or more additional nucleotides. A brief description of how various types of these nucleic acid molecules can be readily made/isolated is provided below.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, both coding and non-coding sequences are provided. Because of the source of the present invention, humans genomic sequence (FIG. 3) and cDNA/transcript sequences (FIG. 1), the nucleic acid molecules in the Figures will contain genomic intronic sequences, 5′ and 3′ non-coding sequences, gene regulatory regions and non-coding intergenic sequences. In general such sequence features are either noted in FIGS. 1 and 3 or can readily be identified using computational tools known in the art. As discussed below, some of the non-coding regions, particularly gene regulatory elements such as promoters, are useful for a variety of purposes, e.g. control of heterologous gene expression, target for identifying gene activity modulating compounds, and are particularly claimed as fragments of the genomic sequence provided herein.

The isolated nucleic acid molecules can encode the mature protein plus additional amino or carboxyl-terminal amino acids, or amino acids interior to the mature peptide (when the mature form has more than one peptide chain, for instance). Such sequences may play a role in processing of a protein from precursor to a mature form, facilitate protein trafficking, prolong or shorten protein half-life or facilitate manipulation of a protein for assay or production, among other things. As generally is the case in situ, the additional amino acids may be processed away from the mature protein by cellular enzymes.

As mentioned above, the isolated nucleic acid molecules include, but are not limited to, the sequence encoding the kinase peptide alone, the sequence encoding the mature peptide and additional coding sequences, such as a leader or secretory sequence (e.g., a pre-pro or pro-protein sequence), the sequence encoding the mature peptide, with or without the additional coding sequences, plus additional non-coding sequences, for example introns and non-coding 5′ and 3′sequences such as transcribed but non-translated sequences that play a role in transcription, mRNA processing (including splicing and polyadenylation signals), ribosome binding and stability of mRNA. In addition, the nucleic acid molecule may be fused to a marker sequence encoding, for example, a peptide that facilitates purification.

Isolated nucleic acid molecules can be in the form of RNA, such as mRNA, or in the form DNA, including cDNA and genomic DNA obtained by cloning or produced by chemical synthetic techniques or by a combination thereof. The nucleic acid, especially DNA, can be double-stranded or single-stranded. Single-stranded nucleic acid can be the coding strand (sense strand) or the non-coding strand (anti-sense strand).

The invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that encode fragments of the peptides of the present invention as well as nucleic acid molecules that encode obvious variants of the kinase proteins of the present invention that are described above. Such nucleic acid molecules may be naturally occurring, such as allelic variants (same locus), paralogs (different locus), and orthologs (different organism), or may be constructed by recombinant DNA methods or by chemical synthesis. Such non-naturally occurring variants may be made by mutagenesis techniques, including those applied to nucleic acid molecules, cells, or organisms. Accordingly, as discussed above, the variants can contain nucleotide substitutions, deletions, inversions and insertions. Variation can occur in either or both the coding and non-coding regions. The variations can produce both conservative and non-conservative amino acid substitutions.

The present invention further provides non-coding fragments of the nucleic acid molecules provided in FIGS. 1 and 3. Preferred non-coding fragments include, but are not limited to, promoter sequences, enhancer sequences, gene modulating sequences and gene termination sequences. Such fragments are useful in controlling heterologous gene expression and in developing screens to identify gene-modulating agents. A promoter can readily be identified as being 5′ to the ATG start site in the genomic sequence provided in FIG. 3.

A fragment comprises a contiguous nucleotide sequence greater than 12 or more nucleotides. Further, a fragment could at least 30, 40, 50, 100, 250 or 500 nucleotides in length. The length of the fragment will be based on its intended use. For example, the fragment can encode epitope bearing regions of the peptide, or can be useful as DNA probes and primers. Such fragments can be isolated using the known nucleotide sequence to synthesize an oligonucleotide probe. A labeled probe can then be used to screen a cDNA library, genomic DNA library, or mRNA to isolate nucleic acid corresponding to the coding region. Further, primers can be used in PCR reactions to clone specific regions of gene.

A probe/primer typically comprises substantially a purified oligonucleotide or oligonucleotide pair. The oligonucleotide typically comprises a region of nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to at least about 12, 20, 25, 40, 50 or more consecutive nucleotides.

Orthologs, homologs, and allelic variants can be identified using methods well known in the art. As described in the Peptide Section, these variants comprise a nucleotide sequence encoding a peptide that is typically 60-70%, 70-80%, 80-90%, and more typically at least about 90-95% or more homologous to the nucleotide sequence shown in the Figure sheets or a fragment of this sequence. Such nucleic acid molecules can readily be identified as being able to hybridize under moderate to stringent conditions, to the nucleotide sequence shown in the Figure sheets or a fragment of the sequence. Allelic variants can readily be determined by genetic locus of the encoding gene. The gene encoding the novel kinase protein of the present invention is located on a genome component that has been mapped to human chromosome 1 (as indicated in FIG. 3), which is supported by multiple lines of evidence, such as STS and BAC map data.

FIG. 3 provides information on SNPs that have been found in the gene encoding the kinase protein of the present invention. The following variations were seen: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, A11773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131. SNPs in introns, such as these, may affect control/regulatory elements.

As used herein, the term “hybridizes under stringent conditions” is intended to describe conditions for hybridization and washing under which nucleotide sequences encoding a peptide at least 60-70% homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other. The conditions can be such that sequences at least about 60%, at least about 70%, or at least about 80% or more homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other. Such stringent conditions are known to those skilled in the art and can be found in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. (1989), 6.3.1-6.3.6. One example of stringent hybridization conditions are hybridization in 6× sodium chloride/sodium citrate (SSC) at about 45C., followed by one or more washes in 0.2× SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65C. Examples of moderate to low stringency hybridization conditions are well known in the art.

Nucleic Acid Molecule Uses

The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are useful for probes, primers, chemical intermediates, and in biological assays. The nucleic acid molecules are useful as a hybridization probe for messenger RNA, transcript/cDNA and genomic DNA to isolate full-length cDNA and genomic clones encoding the peptide described in FIG. 2 and to isolate cDNA and genomic clones that correspond to variants (alleles, orthologs, etc.) producing the same or related peptides shown in FIG. 2. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the following SNPs were identified: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, Al 1773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131.

The probe can correspond to any sequence along the entire length of the nucleic acid molecules provided in the Figures. Accordingly, it could be derived from 5′ noncoding regions, the coding region, and 3′ noncoding regions. However, as discussed, fragments are not to be construed as encompassing fragments disclosed prior to the present invention.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful as primers for PCR to amplify any given region of a nucleic acid molecule and are useful to synthesize antisense molecules of desired length and sequence.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing recombinant vectors. Such vectors include expression vectors that express a portion of, or all of, the peptide sequences. Vectors also include insertion vectors, used to integrate into another nucleic acid molecule sequence, such as into the cellular genome, to alter in situ expression of a gene and/or gene product. For example, an endogenous coding sequence can be replaced via homologous recombination with all or part of the coding region containing one or more specifically introduced mutations.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for expressing antigenic portions of the proteins.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful as probes for determining the chromosomal positions of the nucleic acid molecules by means of in situ hybridization methods. The gene encoding the novel kinase protein of the present invention is located on a genome component that has been mapped to human chromosome I (as indicated in FIG. 3), which is supported by multiple lines of evidence, such as STS and BAC map data. The nucleic acid molecules are also useful in making vectors containing the gene regulatory regions of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for designing ribozymes corresponding to all, or a part, of the mRNA produced from the nucleic acid molecules described herein.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for making vectors that express part, or all, of the peptides.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing host cells expressing a part, or all, of the nucleic acid molecules and peptides.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing transgenic animals expressing all, or a part, of the nucleic acid molecules and peptides.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful as hybridization probes for determining the presence, level, form and distribution of nucleic acid expression. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver. Accordingly, the probes can be used to detect the presence of, or to determine levels of, a specific nucleic acid molecule in cells, tissues, and in organisms. The nucleic acid whose level is determined can be DNA or RNA. Accordingly, probes corresponding to the peptides described herein can be used to assess expression and/or gene copy number in a given cell, tissue, or organism. These uses are relevant for diagnosis of disorders involving an increase or decrease in kinase protein expression relative to normal results.

In vitro techniques for detection of mRNA include Northern hybridizations and in situ hybridizations. In vitro techniques for detecting DNA includes Southern hybridizations and in situ hybridization.

Probes can be used as a part of a diagnostic test kit for identifying cells or tissues that express a kinase protein, such as by measuring a level of a kinase-encoding nucleic acid in a sample of cells from a subject e.g., mRNA or genomic DNA, or determining if a kinase gene has been mutated. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver.

Nucleic acid expression assays are useful for drug screening to identify compounds that modulate kinase nucleic acid expression.

The invention thus provides a method for identifying a compound that can be used to treat a disorder associated with nucleic acid expression of the kinase gene, particularly biological and pathological processes that are mediated by the kinase in cells and tissues that express it. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver. The method typically includes assaying the ability of the compound to modulate the expression of the kinase nucleic acid and thus identifying a compound that can be used to treat a disorder characterized by undesired kinase nucleic acid expression. The assays can be performed in cell-based and cell-free systems. Cell-based assays include cells naturally expressing the kinase nucleic acid or recombinant cells genetically engineered to express specific nucleic acid sequences.

The assay for kinase nucleic acid expression can involve direct assay of nucleic acid levels, such as mRNA levels, or on collateral compounds involved in the signal pathway. Further, the expression of genes that are up- or down-regulated in response to the kinase protein signal pathway can also be assayed. In this embodiment the regulatory regions of these genes can be operably linked to a reporter gene such as luciferase.

Thus, modulators of kinase gene expression can be identified in a method wherein a cell is contacted with a candidate compound and the expression of mRNA determined. The level of expression of kinase mRNA in the presence of the candidate compound is compared to the level of expression of kinase mRNA in the absence of the candidate compound. The candidate compound can then be identified as a modulator of nucleic acid expression based on this comparison and be used, for example to treat a disorder characterized by aberrant nucleic acid expression. When expression of mRNA is statistically significantly greater in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as a stimulator of nucleic acid expression. When nucleic acid expression is statistically significantly less in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as an inhibitor of nucleic acid expression.

The invention further provides methods of treatment, with the nucleic acid as a target, using a compound identified through drug screening as a gene modulator to modulate kinase nucleic acid expression in cells and tissues that express the kinase. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver. Modulation includes both up-regulation (i.e. activation or agonization) or down-regulation (suppression or antagonization) or nucleic acid expression.

Alternatively, a modulator for kinase nucleic acid expression can be a small molecule or drug identified using the screening assays described herein as long as the drug or small molecule inhibits the kinase nucleic acid expression in the cells and tissues that express the protein. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates expression in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, colon, and liver.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for monitoring the effectiveness of modulating compounds on the expression or activity of the kinase gene in clinical trials or in a treatment regimen. Thus, the gene expression pattern can serve as a barometer for the continuing effectiveness of treatment with the compound, particularly with compounds to which a patient can develop resistance. The gene expression pattern can also serve as a marker indicative of a physiological response of the affected cells to the compound. Accordingly, such monitoring would allow either increased administration of the compound or the administration of alternative compounds to which the patient has not become resistant. Similarly, if the level of nucleic acid expression falls below a desirable level, administration of the compound could be commensurately decreased.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful in diagnostic assays for qualitative changes in kinase nucleic acid expression, and particularly in qualitative changes that lead to pathology. The nucleic acid molecules can be used to detect mutations in kinase genes and gene expression products such as mRNA. The nucleic acid molecules can be used as hybridization probes to detect naturally occurring genetic mutations in the kinase gene and thereby to determine whether a subject with the mutation is at risk for a disorder caused by the mutation. Mutations include deletion, addition, or substitution of one or more nucleotides in the gene, chromosomal rearrangement, such as inversion or transposition, modification of genomic DNA, such as aberrant methylation patterns or changes in gene copy number, such as amplification. Detection of a mutated, form of the kinase gene associated with a dysfunction provides a diagnostic tool for an active disease or susceptibility to disease when the disease results from overexpression, underexpression, or altered expression of a kinase protein.

Individuals carrying mutations in the kinase gene can be detected at the nucleic acid level by a variety of techniques. FIG. 3 provides information on SNPs that have been found in the gene encoding the kinase protein of the present invention. The following variations were seen: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, A11773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131. SNPs in introns, such as these, may affect control/regulatory elements. The gene encoding the novel kinase protein of the present invention is located on a genome component that has been mapped to human chromosome 1 (as indicated in FIG. 3), which is supported by multiple lines of evidence, such as STS and BAC map data. Genomic DNA can be analyzed directly or can be amplified by using PCR prior to analysis. RNA or cDNA can be used in the same way. In some uses, detection of the mutation involves the use of a probe/primer in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (see, e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,195 and 4,683,202), such as anchor PCR or RACE PCR, or, alternatively, in a ligation chain reaction (LCR) (see, e.g., Landegran et al., Science 241:1077-1080 (1988); and Nakazawa et al., PNAS 91:360-364 (1994)), the latter of which can be particularly useful for detecting point mutations in the gene (see Abravaya et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 23:675-682 (1995)). This method can include the steps of collecting a sample of cells from a patient, isolating nucleic acid (e.g., genomic, mRNA or both) from the cells of the sample, contacting the nucleic acid sample with one or more primers which specifically hybridize to a gene under conditions such that hybridization and amplification of the gene (if present) occurs, and detecting the presence or absence of an amplification product, or detecting the size of the amplification product and comparing the length to a control sample. Deletions and insertions can be detected by a change in size of the amplified product compared to the normal genotype. Point mutations can be identified by hybridizing amplified DNA to normal RNA or antisense DNA sequences.

Alternatively, mutations in a kinase gene can be directly identified, for example, by alterations in restriction enzyme digestion patterns determined by gel electrophoresis.

Further, sequence-specific ribozymes (U.S. Pat. No. 5,498,531) can be used to score for the presence of specific mutations by development or loss of a ribozyme cleavage site. Perfectly matched sequences can be distinguished from mismatched sequences by nuclease cleavage digestion assays or by differences in melting temperature.

Sequence changes at specific locations can also be assessed by nuclease protection assays such as RNase and S1 protection or the chemical cleavage method. Furthermore, sequence differences between a mutant kinase gene and a wild-type gene can be determined by direct DNA sequencing. A variety of automated sequencing procedures can be utilized when performing the diagnostic assays (Naeve, C. W., (1995) Biotechniques 19:448), including sequencing by mass spectrometry (see, e.g., PCT International Publication No. WO 94/16101; Cohen et al., Adv. Chromatogr. 36:127-162 (1996); and Griffin et al., Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 38:147-159 (1993)).

Other methods for detecting mutations in the gene include methods in which protection from cleavage agents is used to detect mismatched bases in RNA/RNA or RNA/DNA duplexes (Myers et al., Science 230:1242 (1985)); Cotton et al., PNAS 85:4397 (1988); Saleeba et al., Meth. Enzymol. 217:286-295 (1992)), electrophoretic mobility of mutant and wild type nucleic acid is compared (Orita et al., PNAS 86:2766 (1989); Cotton et al., Mutat. Res. 285:125-144 (1993); and Hayashi et al., Genet. Anal. Tech. Appl. 9:73-79 (1992)), and movement of mutant or wild-type fragments in polyacrylamide gels containing a gradient of denaturant is assayed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (Myers et al., Nature 313:495 (1985)). Examples of other techniques for detecting point mutations include selective oligonucleotide hybridization, selective amplification, and selective primer extension.

The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for testing an individual for a genotype that while not necessarily causing the disease, nevertheless affects the treatment modality. Thus, the nucleic acid molecules can be used to study the relationship between an individual's genotype and the individual's response to a compound used for treatment (pharmacogenomic relationship). Accordingly, the nucleic acid molecules described herein can be used to assess the mutation content of the kinase gene in an individual in order to select an appropriate compound or dosage regimen for treatment. FIG. 3 provides information on SNPs that have been found in the gene encoding the kinase protein of the present invention. The following variations were seen: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, A11773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131. SNPs in introns, such as these, may affect control/regulatory elements.

Thus nucleic acid molecules displaying genetic variations that affect treatment provide a diagnostic target that can be used to tailor treatment in an individual. Accordingly, the production of recombinant cells and animals containing these polymorphisms allow effective clinical design of treatment compounds and dosage regimens.

The nucleic acid molecules are thus useful as antisense constructs to control kinase gene expression in cells, tissues, and organisms. A DNA antisense nucleic acid molecule is designed to be complementary to a region of the gene involved in transcription, preventing transcription and hence production of kinase protein. An antisense RNA or DNA nucleic acid molecule would hybridize to the mRNA and thus block translation of mRNA into kinase protein.

Alternatively, a class of antisense molecules can be used to inactivate mRNA in order to decrease expression of kinase nucleic acid. Accordingly, these molecules can treat a disorder characterized by abnormal or undesired kinase nucleic acid expression. This technique involves cleavage by means of ribozymes containing nucleotide sequences complementary to one or more regions in the mRNA that attenuate the ability of the mRNA to be translated. Possible regions include coding regions and particularly coding regions corresponding to the catalytic and other functional activities of the kinase protein, such as substrate binding.

The nucleic acid molecules also provide vectors for gene therapy in patients containing cells that are aberrant in kinase gene expression. Thus, recombinant cells, which include the patient's cells that have been engineered ex vivo and returned to the patient, are introduced into an individual where the cells produce the desired kinase protein to treat the individual.

The invention also encompasses kits for detecting the presence of a kinase nucleic acid in a biological sample. Experimental data as provided in FIG. 1 indicates that kinase proteins of the present invention are expressed in humans in testis, brain medulloblastomas, infant brain, schizophrenic brain, retina, germinal center B cells, and colon, as indicated by virtual northern blot analysis. In addition, PCR-based tissue screening panels indicate expression in human liver. For example, the kit can comprise reagents such as a labeled or labelable nucleic acid or agent capable of detecting kinase nucleic acid in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of kinase nucleic acid in the sample; and means for comparing the amount of kinase nucleic acid in the sample with a standard. The compound or agent can be packaged in a suitable container. The kit can further comprise instructions for using the kit to detect kinase protein mRNA or DNA.

Nucleic Acid Arrays

The present invention further provides nucleic acid detection kits, such as arrays or microarrays of nucleic acid molecules that are based on the sequence information provided in FIGS. 1 and 3 (SEQ ID NOS:1 and 3).

As used herein “Arrays” or “Microarrays” refers to an array of distinct polynucleotides or oligonucleotides synthesized on a substrate, such as paper, nylon or other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide, or any other suitable solid support. In one embodiment, the microarray is prepared and used according to the methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,832, Chee et al, PCT application WO95/11995 (Chee et al.), Lockhart, D. J. et al. (1996; Nat. Biotech. 14: 1675-1680) and Schena, M. et al. (1996; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 10614-10619), all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference. In other embodiments, such arrays are produced by the methods described by Brown et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,522.

The microarray or detection kit is preferably composed of a large number of unique, single-stranded nucleic acid sequences, usually either synthetic antisense oligonucleotides or fragments of cDNAs, fixed to a solid support. The oligonucleotides are preferably about 6-60 nucleotides in length, more preferably 15-30 nucleotides in length, and most preferably about 20-25 nucleotides in length. For a certain type of microarray or detection kit, it may be preferable to use oligonucleotides that are only 7-20 nucleotides in length. The microarray or detection kit may contain oligonucleotides that cover the known 5′, or 3′, sequence, sequential oligonucleotides which cover the full length sequence; or unique oligonucleotides selected from particular areas along the length of the sequence. Polynucleotides used in the microarray or detection kit may be oligonucleotides that are specific to a gene or genes of interest.

In order to produce oligonucleotides to a known sequence for a microarray or detection kit, the gene(s) of interest (or an ORF identified from the contigs of the present invention) is typically examined using a computer algorithm which starts at the 5′ or at the 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence. Typical algorithms will then identify oligomers of defined length that are unique to the gene, have a GC content within a range suitable for hybridization, and lack predicted secondary structure that may interfere with hybridization. In certain situations it may be appropriate to use pairs of oligonucleotides on a microarray or detection kit. The “pairs” will be identical, except for one nucleotide that preferably is located in the center of the sequence. The second oligonucleotide in the pair (mismatched by one) serves as a control. The number of oligonucleotide pairs may range from two to one million. The oligomers are synthesized at designated areas on a substrate using a light-directed chemical process. The substrate may be paper, nylon or other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide or any other suitable solid support.

In another aspect, an oligonucleotide may be synthesized on the surface of the substrate by using a chemical coupling procedure and an ink jet application apparatus, as described in PCT application WO95/251116 (Baldeschweiler et al.) which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. In another aspect, a “gridded” array analogous to a dot (or slot) blot may be used to arrange and link cDNA fragments or oligonucleotides to the surface of a substrate using a vacuum system, thermal, UV, mechanical or chemical bonding procedures. An array, such as those described above, may be produced by hand or by using available devices (slot blot or dot blot apparatus), materials (any suitable solid support), and machines (including robotic instruments), and may contain 8, 24, 96, 384, 1536, 6144 or more oligonucleotides, or any other number between two and one million which lends itself to the efficient use of commercially available instrumentation.

In order to conduct sample analysis using a microarray or detection kit, the RNA or DNA from a biological sample is made into hybridization probes. The mRNA is isolated, and cDNA is produced and used as a template to make antisense RNA (aRNA). The aRNA is amplified in the presence of fluorescent nucleotides, and labeled probes are incubated with the microarray or detection kit so that the probe sequences hybridize to complementary oligonucleotides of the microarray or detection kit. Incubation conditions are adjusted so that hybridization occurs with precise complementary matches or with various degrees of less complementarity. After removal of nonhybridized probes, a scanner is used to determine the levels and patterns of fluorescence. The scanned images are examined to determine degree of complementarity and the relative abundance of each oligonucleotide sequence on the microarray or detection kit. The biological samples may be obtained from any bodily fluids (such as blood, urine, saliva, phlegm, gastric juices, etc.), cultured cells, biopsies, or other tissue preparations. A detection system may be used to measure the absence, presence, and amount of hybridization for all of the distinct sequences simultaneously. This data may be used for large-scale correlation studies on the sequences, expression patterns, mutations, variants, or polymorphisms among samples.

Using such arrays, the present invention provides methods to identify the expression of the kinase proteins/peptides of the present invention. In detail, such methods comprise incubating a test sample with one or more nucleic acid molecules and assaying for binding of the nucleic acid molecule with components within the test sample. Such assays will typically involve arrays comprising many genes, at least one of which is a gene of the present invention and or alleles of the kinase gene of the present invention. FIG. 3 provides information on SNPs that have been found in the gene encoding the kinase protein of the present invention. The following variations were seen: T4452A, A5330G, A9256C, A11773G, G12886A, and a T insertion/deletion (“indel”) at position 14131. SNPs in introns, such as these, may affect control/regulatory elements.

Conditions for incubating a nucleic acid molecule with a test sample vary. Incubation conditions depend on the format employed in the assay, the detection methods employed, and the type and nature of the nucleic acid molecule used in the assay. One skilled in the art will recognize that any one of the commonly available hybridization, amplification or array assay formats can readily be adapted to employ the novel fragments of the Human genome disclosed herein. Examples of such assays can be found in Chard, T, An Introduction to Radioimmunoassay and Related Techniques, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1986); Bullock, G. R. et al., Techniques in Immunocytochemistry, Academic Press, Orlando, Fla. Vol. 1 (1982), Vol. 2 (1983), Vol. 3 (1985); Tijssen, P., Practice and Theory of Enzyme Immunoassays: Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1985).

The test samples of the present invention include cells, protein or membrane extracts of cells. The test sample used in the above-described method will vary based on the assay format, nature of the detection method and the tissues, cells or extracts used as the sample to be assayed. Methods for preparing nucleic acid extracts or of cells are well known in the art and can be readily be adapted in order to obtain a sample that is compatible with the system utilized.

In another embodiment of the present invention, kits are provided which contain the necessary reagents to carry out the assays of the present invention.

Specifically, the invention provides a compartmentalized kit to receive, in close confinement, one or more containers which comprises: (a) a first container comprising one of the nucleic acid molecules that can bind to a fragment of the Human genome disclosed herein; and (b) one or more other containers comprising one or more of the following: wash reagents, reagents capable of detecting presence of a bound nucleic acid.

In detail, a compartmentalized kit includes any kit in which reagents are contained in separate containers. Such containers include small glass containers, plastic containers, strips of plastic, glass or paper, or arraying material such as silica. Such containers allows one to efficiently transfer reagents from one compartment to another compartment such that the samples and reagents are not cross-contaminated, and the agents or solutions of each container can be added in a quantitative fashion from one compartment to another. Such containers will include a container which will accept the test sample, a container which contains the nucleic acid probe, containers which contain wash reagents (such as phosphate buffered saline, Tris-buffers, etc.), and containers which contain the reagents used to detect the bound probe. One skilled in the art will readily recognize that the previously unidentified kinase gene of the present invention can be routinely identified using the sequence information disclosed herein can be readily incorporated into one of the established kit formats which are well known in the art, particularly expression arrays.

Vectors/Host Cells

The invention also provides vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules described herein. The term “vector” refers to a vehicle, preferably a nucleic acid molecule, which can transport the nucleic acid molecules. When the vector is a nucleic acid molecule, the nucleic acid molecules are covalently linked to the vector nucleic acid. With this aspect of the invention, the vector includes a plasmid, single or double stranded phage, a single or double stranded RNA or DNA viral vector, or artificial chromosome, such as a BAC, PAC, YAC, OR MAC.

A vector can be maintained in the host cell as an extrachromosomal element where it replicates and produces additional copies of the nucleic acid molecules. Alternatively, the vector may integrate into the host cell genome and produce additional copies of the nucleic acid molecules when the host cell replicates.

The invention provides vectors for the maintenance (cloning vectors) or vectors for expression (expression vectors) of the nucleic acid molecules. The vectors can function in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells or in both (shuttle vectors).

Expression vectors contain cis-acting regulatory regions that are operably linked in the vector to the nucleic acid molecules such that transcription of the nucleic acid molecules is allowed in a host cell. The nucleic acid molecules can be introduced into the host cell with a separate nucleic acid molecule capable of affecting transcription. Thus, the second nucleic acid molecule may provide a trans-acting factor interacting with the cis-regulatory control region to allow transcription of the nucleic acid molecules from the vector. Alternatively, a trans-acting factor may be supplied by the host cell. Finally, a trans-acting factor can be produced from the vector itself. It is understood, however, that in some embodiments, transcription and/or translation of the nucleic acid molecules can occur in a cell-free system.

The regulatory sequence to which the nucleic acid molecules described herein can be operably linked include promoters for directing mRNA transcription. These include, but are not limited to, the left promoter from bacteriophage λ, the lac, TRP, and TAC promoters from E. coli, the early and late promoters from SV40, the CMV immediate early promoter, the adenovirus early and late promoters, and retrovirus long-terminal repeats.

In addition to control regions that promote transcription, expression vectors may also include regions that modulate transcription, such as repressor binding sites and enhancers. Examples include the SV40 enhancer, the cytomegalovirus immediate early enhancer, polyoma enhancer, adenovirus enhancers, and retrovirus LTR enhancers.

In addition to containing sites for transcription initiation and control, expression vectors can also contain sequences necessary for transcription termination and, in the transcribed region a ribosome binding site for translation. Other regulatory control elements for expression include initiation and termination codons as well as polyadenylation signals. The person of ordinary skill in the art would be aware of the numerous regulatory sequences that are useful in expression vectors. Such regulatory sequences are described, for example, in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 2nd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (1989).

A variety of expression vectors can be used to express a nucleic acid molecule. Such vectors include chromosomal, episomal, and virus-derived vectors, for example vectors derived from bacterial plasmids, from bacteriophage, from yeast episomes, from yeast chromosomal elements, including yeast artificial chromosomes, from viruses such as baculoviruses, papovaviruses such as SV40, Vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, poxviruses, pseudorabies viruses, and retroviruses. Vectors may also be derived from combinations of these sources such as those derived from plasmid and bacteriophage genetic elements, e.g. cosmids and phagemids. Appropriate cloning and expression vectors for prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts are described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 2nd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (1989).

The regulatory sequence may provide constitutive expression in one or more host cells (i.e. tissue specific) or may provide for inducible expression in one or more cell types such as by temperature, nutrient additive, or exogenous factor such as a hormone or other ligand. A variety of vectors providing for constitutive and inducible expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

The nucleic acid molecules can be inserted into the vector nucleic acid by well-known methodology. Generally, the DNA sequence that will ultimately be expressed is joined to an expression vector by cleaving the DNA sequence and the expression vector with one or more restriction enzymes and then ligating the fragments together. Procedures for restriction enzyme digestion and ligation are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

The vector containing the appropriate nucleic acid molecule can be introduced into an appropriate host cell for propagation or expression using well-known techniques. Bacterial cells include, but are not limited to, E. coli, Streptomyces, and Salmonella typhimurium. Eukaryotic cells include, but are not limited to, yeast, insect cells such as Drosophila, animal cells such as COS and CHO cells, and plant cells.

As described herein, it may be desirable to express the peptide as a fusion protein. Accordingly, the invention provides fusion vectors that allow for the production of the peptides. Fusion vectors can increase the expression of a recombinant protein, increase the solubility of the recombinant protein, and aid in the purification of the protein by acting for example as a ligand for affinity purification. A proteolytic cleavage site may be introduced at the junction of the fusion moiety so that the desired peptide can ultimately be separated from the fusion moiety. Proteolytic enzymes include, but are not limited to, factor Xa, thrombin, and enterokinase. Typical fusion expression vectors include pGEX (Smith et al., Gene 67:31-40 (1988)), pMAL (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.) and pRIT5 (Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.) which fuse glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose E binding protein, or protein A, respectively, to the target recombinant protein. Examples of suitable inducible non-fusion E. coli expression vectors include pTrc (Amann et al., Gene 69:301-315 (1988)) and pET 11d (Studier et al., Gene Expression Technology: Methods in Enzymology 185:60-89 (1990)).

Recombinant protein expression can be maximized in host bacteria by providing a genetic background wherein the host cell has an impaired capacity to proteolytically cleave the recombinant protein. (Gottesman, S., Gene Expression Technology: Methods in Enzymology 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990)119-128). Alternatively, the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule of interest can be altered to provide preferential codon usage for a specific host cell, for example E. coli. (Wada et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 20:2111-2118 (1992)).

The nucleic acid molecules can also be expressed by expression vectors that are operative in yeast. Examples of Vectors for expression in yeast e.g., S. cerevisiae include pYepSec1 (Baldari, et al., EMBO J. 6:229-234 (1987)), pMFa (Kurjan et al., Cell 30:933-943(1982)), pJRY88 (Schultz et al., Gene 54:113-123 (1987)), and pYES2 (Invitrogen Corporation, San Diego, Calif.).

The nucleic acid molecules can also be expressed in insect cells using, for example, baculovirus expression vectors. Baculovirus vectors available for expression of proteins in cultured insect cells (e.g., Sf 9 cells) include the pAc series (Smith et al., Mol. Cell Biol. 3:2156-2165 (1983)) and the pVL series (Lucklow et al., Virology 170:31-39 (1989)).

In certain embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acid molecules described herein are expressed in mammalian cells using mammalian expression vectors. Examples of mammalian expression vectors include pCDM8 (Seed, B. Nature 329:840(1987)) and pMT2PC (Kaufman et al., EMBO J. 6:187-195 (1987)).

The expression vectors listed herein are provided by way of example only of the well-known vectors available to those of ordinary skill in the art that would be useful to express the nucleic acid molecules. The person of ordinary skill in the art would be aware of other vectors suitable for maintenance propagation or expression of the nucleic acid molecules described herein. These are found for example in Sambrook, J., Fritsh, E. F., and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 2nd, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989.

The invention also encompasses vectors in which the nucleic acid sequences described herein are cloned into the vector in reverse orientation, but operably linked to a regulatory sequence that permits transcription of antisense RNA. Thus, an antisense transcript can be produced to all, or to a portion, of the nucleic acid molecule sequences described herein, including both coding and non-coding regions. Expression of this antisense RNA is subject to each of the parameters described above in relation to expression of the sense RNA (regulatory sequences, constitutive or inducible expression, tissue-specific expression).

The invention also relates to recombinant host cells containing the vectors described herein. Host cells therefore include prokaryotic cells, lower eukaryotic cells such as yeast, other eukaryotic cells such as insect cells, and higher eukaryotic cells such as mammalian cells.

The recombinant host cells are prepared by introducing the vector constructs described herein into the cells by techniques readily available to the person of ordinary skill in the art. These include, but are not limited to, calcium phosphate transfection, DEAE-dextran-mediated transfection, cationic lipid-mediated transfection, electroporation, transduction, infection, lipofection, and other techniques such as those found in Sambrook, et al. (Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 2nd, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989).

Host cells can contain more than one vector. Thus, different nucleotide sequences can be introduced on different vectors of the same cell. Similarly, the nucleic acid molecules can be introduced either alone or with other nucleic acid molecules that are not related to the nucleic acid molecules such as those providing trans-acting factors for expression vectors. When more than one vector is introduced into a cell, the vectors can be introduced independently, co-introduced or joined to the nucleic acid molecule vector.

In the case of bacteriophage and viral vectors, these can be introduced into cells as packaged or encapsulated virus by standard procedures for infection and transduction. Viral vectors can be replication-competent or replication-defective. In the case in which viral replication is defective, replication will occur in host cells providing functions that complement the defects.

Vectors generally include selectable markers that enable the selection of the subpopulation of cells that contain the recombinant vector constructs. The marker can be contained in the same vector that contains the nucleic acid molecules described herein or may be on a separate vector. Markers include tetracycline or ampicillin-resistance genes for prokaryotic host cells and dihydrofolate reductase or neomycin resistance for eukaryotic host cells. However, any marker that provides selection for a phenotypic trait will be effective.

While the mature proteins can be produced in bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells, and other cells under the control of the appropriate regulatory sequences, cell-free transcription and translation systems can also be used to produce these proteins using RNA derived from the DNA constructs described herein.

Where secretion of the peptide is desired, which is difficult to achieve with multi-transmembrane domain containing proteins such as kinases, appropriate secretion signals are incorporated into the vector. The signal sequence can be endogenous to the peptides or heterologous to these peptides.

Where the peptide is not secreted into the medium, which is typically the case with kinases, the protein can be isolated from the host cell by standard disruption procedures, including freeze thaw, sonication, mechanical disruption, use of lysing agents and the like. The peptide can then be recovered and purified by well-known purification methods including ammonium sulfate precipitation, acid extraction, anion or cationic exchange chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic-interaction chromatography, affinity chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography, lectin chromatography, or high performance liquid chromatography.

It is also understood that depending upon the host cell in recombinant production of the peptides described herein, the peptides can have various glycosylation patterns, depending upon the cell, or maybe non-glycosylated as when produced in bacteria. In addition, the peptides may include an initial modified methionine in some cases as a result of a host-mediated process.

Uses of Vectors and Host Cells

The recombinant host cells expressing the peptides described herein have a variety of uses. First, the cells are useful for producing a kinase protein or peptide that can be further purified to produce desired amounts of kinase protein or fragments. Thus, host cells containing expression vectors are useful for peptide production.

Host cells are also useful for conducting cell-based assays involving the kinase protein or kinase protein fragments, such as those described above as well as other formats known in the art. Thus, a recombinant host cell expressing a native kinase protein is useful for assaying compounds that stimulate or inhibit kinase protein function.

Host cells are also useful for identifying kinase protein mutants in which these functions are affected. If the mutants naturally occur and give rise to a pathology, host cells containing the mutations are useful to assay compounds that have a desired effect on the mutant kinase protein (for example, stimulating or inhibiting function) which may not be indicated by their effect on the native kinase protein.

Genetically engineered host cells can be further used to produce non-human transgenic animals. A transgenic animal is preferably a mammal, for example a rodent, such as a rat or mouse, in which one or more of the cells of the animal include a transgene. A transgene is exogenous DNA which is integrated into the genome of a cell from which a transgenic animal develops and which remains in the genome of the mature animal in one or more cell types or tissues of the transgenic animal. These animals are useful for studying the function of a kinase protein and identifying and evaluating modulators of kinase protein activity. Other examples of transgenic animals include non-human primates, sheep, dogs, cows, goats, chickens, and amphibians.

A transgenic animal can be produced by introducing nucleic acid into the male pronuclei of a fertilized oocyte, e.g., by microinjection, retroviral infection, and allowing the oocyte to develop in a pseudopregnant female foster animal. Any of the kinase protein nucleotide sequences can be introduced as a transgene into the genome of a non-human animal, such as a mouse.

Any of the regulatory or other sequences useful in expression vectors can form part of the transgenic sequence. This includes intronic sequences and polyadenylation signals, if not already included. A tissue-specific regulatory sequence(s) can be operably linked to the transgene to direct expression of the kinase protein to particular cells.

Methods for generating transgenic animals via embryo manipulation and microinjection, particularly animals such as mice, have become conventional in the art and are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,736,866 and 4,870,009, both by Leder et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191 by Wagner et al. and in Hogan, B., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo, (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1986). Similar methods are used for production of other transgenic animals. A transgenic founder animal can be identified based upon the presence of the transgene in its genome and/or expression of transgenic mRNA in tissues or cells of the animals. A transgenic founder animal can then be used to breed additional animals carrying the transgene. Moreover, transgenic animals carrying a transgene can further be bred to other transgenic animals carrying other transgenes. A transgenic animal also includes animals in which the entire animal or tissues in the animal have been produced using the homologously recombinant host cells described herein.

In another embodiment, transgenic non-human animals can be produced which contain selected systems that allow for regulated expression of the transgene. One example of such a system is the cre/loxP recombinase system of bacteriophage P1. For a description of the cre/loxP recombinase system, see, e.g., Lakso et al. PNAS 89:6232-6236 (1992). Another example of a recombinase system is the FLP recombinase system of S. cerevisiae (O'Gorman et al. Science 251:1351-1355 (1991). If a cre/loxP recombinase system is used to regulate expression of the transgene, animals containing transgenes encoding both the Cre recombinase and a selected protein is required. Such animals can be provided through the construction of “double” transgenic animals, e.g., by mating two transgenic animals, one containing a transgene encoding a selected protein and the other containing a transgene encoding a recombinase.

Clones of the non-human transgenic animals described herein can also be produced according to the methods described in Wilmut, I. et al. Nature 385:810-813 (1997) and PCT International Publication Nos. WO 97/07668 and WO 97/07669. In brief, a cell, e.g., a somatic cell, from the transgenic animal can be isolated and induced to exit the growth cycle and enter G_(o) phase. The quiescent cell can then be fused, e.g., through the use of electrical pulses, to an enucleated oocyte from an animal of the same species from which the quiescent cell is isolated. The reconstructed oocyte is then cultured such that it develops to morula or blastocyst and then transferred to pseudopregnant female foster animal. The offspring born of this female foster animal will be a clone of the animal from which the cell, e.g., the somatic cell, is isolated.

Transgenic animals containing recombinant cells that express the peptides described herein are useful to conduct the assays described herein in an in vivo context. Accordingly, the various physiological factors that are present in vivo and that could effect substrate binding, kinase protein activation, and signal transduction, may not be evident from in vitro cell-free or cell-based assays. Accordingly, it is useful to provide non-human transgenic animals to assay in vivo kinase protein function, including substrate interaction, the effect of specific mutant kinase proteins on kinase protein function and substrate interaction, and the effect of chimeric kinase proteins. It is also possible to assess the effect of null mutations, that is, mutations that substantially or completely eliminate one or more kinase protein functions.

All publications and patents mentioned in the above specification are herein incorporated by reference. Various modifications and variations of the described method and system of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention has been described in connection with specific preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention as claimed should not be unduly limited to such specific embodiments. Indeed, various modifications of the above-described modes for carrying out the invention which are obvious to those skilled in the field of molecular biology or related fields are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.

                   #             SEQUENCE LISTING <160> NUMBER OF SEQ ID NOS: 4 <210> SEQ ID NO 1 <211> LENGTH: 3565 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Homo sapiens <400> SEQUENCE: 1 ttcttccttt ctctcaatat aggtatggca tcacagctgc aagtgttttc gc #ccccatca     60 gtgtcgtcga gtgccttctg cagtgcgaag aaactgaaaa tagagccctc tg #gctgggat    120 gtttcaggac agagtagcaa cgacaaatat tatacccaca gcaaaaccct cc #cagccaca    180 caagggcaag ccaactcctc tcaccaggta gcaaatttca acatccctgc tt #acgaccag    240 ggcctcctcc tcccagctcc tgcagtggaa catattgttg taacagccgc tg #atagctcg    300 ggcagtgctg ctacatcaac cttccaaagc agccagaccc tgactcacag aa #gcaacgtt    360 tctttgcttg agccatatca aaaatgtgga ttgaaacgaa aaagtgagga ag #ttgacagc    420 aacggtagtg tgcagatcat agaagaacat ccccctctca tgctgcaaaa ca #ggactgtg    480 gtgggtgctg ctgccacaac caccactgtg accacaaaga gtagcagttc ca #gcggagaa    540 ggggattacc agctggtcca gcatgagatc ctttgctcta tgaccaatag ct #atgaagtc    600 ttggagttcc taggccgggg gacatttgga caggtggcta agtgctggaa ga #ggagcacc    660 aaggaaattg tggctattaa aatcttgaag aaccacccct cctatgccag ac #aaggacag    720 attgaagtga gcatcctttc ccgcctaagc agtgaaaatg ctgatgagta ta #attttgtc    780 cgttcatacg agtgctttca gcataagaat cacacctgcc ttgtttttga aa #tgttggag    840 cagaacttat atgattttct aaagcaaaac aaatttagcc cactgccact ca #agtacatc    900 agaccaatct tgcagcaggt ggccacagcc ttgatgaagc tcaagagtct tg #gtctgatc    960 cacgctgacc ttaagcctga aaacatcatg ctggttgatc cagttcgcca gc #cctaccga   1020 gtgaaggtca ttgactttgg ttctgctagt cacgtttcca aagctgtgtg ct #caacctac   1080 ttacagtcac gttactacag agctcctgaa attattcttg ggttaccatt tt #gtgaagct   1140 attgatatgt ggtcactggg ctgtgtgata gctgagctgt tcctgggatg gc #ctctttat   1200 cctggtgctt cagaatatga tcagacacct gaagaacacg aactggagac tg #gaataaaa   1260 tcaaaagaag ctcggaagta catttttaat tgcttagatg acatggctca gg #tgaatatg   1320 tctacagacc tggagggaac agacatgttg gcagagaagg cagaccgaag ag #aatacatt   1380 gatctgttaa agaaaatgct cacaattgat gcagataaga gaattacccc tc #taaaaact   1440 cttaaccatc agtttgtgac aatgactcac cttttggatt ttccacatag ca #atcatgtt   1500 aagtcttgtt ttcagaacat ggagatctgc aagcggaggg ttcacatgta tg #atacagtg   1560 aatcagatca agagtccctt cactacacat gttgccccaa atacaagcac aa #atctaacc   1620 atgagcttca gcaatcagct caatacagtg cacaatcagg ccagtgttct ag #cttccagt   1680 tctactgcag cagctgctac tctttctctg gctaattcag atgtctcact ac #taaactac   1740 cagtcagctt tgtacccatc atctgctgca ccagttcctg gagttgccca gc #agggtgtt   1800 tccttgcagc ctggaaccac ccagatttgc actcagacag atccattcca ac #agacattt   1860 atagtatgtc cacctgcgtt tcaaactgga ctacaagcaa caacaaagca tt #ctggattc   1920 cctgtgagga tggataatgc tgtaccgatt gtaccccagg caccagctgc tc #agccacta   1980 cagattcagt caggagttct cacgcaggga agctgtacac cactaatggt ag #caactctc   2040 caccctcaag tagccaccat cacgccgcag tatgcggtgc cctttactct ga #gctgcgca   2100 gccggccggc cggcgctggt tgaacagact gccgctgtac tgcaggcgtg gc #ctggaggg   2160 actcagcaaa ttctcctgcc ttcaacttgg caacagttgc ctggggtagc tc #tacacaac   2220 tctgtccagc ccacagcaat gattccagag gccatgggga gtggacagca gc #tagctgac   2280 tggaggaatg cccactctca tggcaaccag tacagcacta tcatgcagca gc #catccttg   2340 ctgactaacc atgtgacatt ggccactgct cagcctcaat gttggtgttg cc #catgttgt   2400 ctgacaacaa caatccagtt ccctcccttc gaagaagaat aagcagtcag ct #ccagtctc   2460 ttccaagtcc tctctagatg ttctgccttc ccaagtctat tctctggttg gg #agcagtcc   2520 cctccgcacc acatcttctt ataattcctt ggtccctgtc caagatcagc at #cagcccat   2580 catcattcca gatactccca gccctcctgt gagtgtcatc actatccgaa gt #gacactga   2640 tgaggaagag gacaacaaat acaagcccag tagctctgga ctgaagccaa gg #tctaatgt   2700 catcagttat gtcactgtca atgattctcc agactctgac tcttctttga gc #agccctta   2760 ttccactgat accctgagtg ctctccgagg caatagtgga tccgttttgg ag #gggcctgg   2820 cagagttgtg gcagatggca ctggcacccg cactatcatt gtgcctccac tg #aaaactca   2880 gcttggtgac tgcactgtag caacccaggc ctcaggtctc ctgagcaata ag #actaagcc   2940 agtcgcttca gtgagtgggc agtcatctgg atgctgtatc acccccacag gg #tatcgagc   3000 tcaacgcggg gggaccagtg cagcacaacc actcaatctt agccagaacc ag #cagtcatc   3060 ggcggctcca acctcacagg agagaagcag caacccagcc ccccgcaggc ag #caggcatt   3120 tgtggcccct ctctcccaag ccccctacac cttccagcat ggcagcccgc ta #cactcgac   3180 agggcaccca caccttgccc cggcccctgc tcacctgcca agccaggctc at #ctgtatac   3240 gtatgctgcc ccgacttctg ctgctgcact gggctcaacc agctccattg ct #catctttt   3300 ctccccacag ggttcctcaa ggcatgctgc agcctatacc actcacccta gc #actttggt   3360 gcaccaggtc cctgtcagtg ttgggcccag cctcctcact tctgccagcg tg #gcccctgc   3420 tcagtaccaa caccagtttg ccacccaatc ctacattggg tcttcccgag gc #tcaacaat   3480 ttacactgga tacccgctga gtcctaccaa gatcagccag tattcctact ta #tagttggt   3540 gagcatgagg aagggcgaat tctgt           #                   #             3565 <210> SEQ ID NO 2 <211> LENGTH: 1170 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Homo sapiens <400> SEQUENCE: 2 Met Ala Ser Gln Leu Gln Val Phe Ser Pro Pr #o Ser Val Ser Ser Ser  1               5   #                10   #                15 Ala Phe Cys Ser Ala Lys Lys Leu Lys Ile Gl #u Pro Ser Gly Trp Asp             20       #            25       #            30 Val Ser Gly Gln Ser Ser Asn Asp Lys Tyr Ty #r Thr His Ser Lys Thr         35           #        40           #        45 Leu Pro Ala Thr Gln Gly Gln Ala Asn Ser Se #r His Gln Val Ala Asn     50               #    55               #    60 Phe Asn Ile Pro Ala Tyr Asp Gln Gly Leu Le #u Leu Pro Ala Pro Ala 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Val Glu His Ile Val Val Thr Ala Ala Asp Se #r Ser Gly Ser Ala Ala                 85   #                90   #                95 Thr Ser Thr Phe Gln Ser Ser Gln Thr Leu Th #r His Arg Ser Asn Val             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Leu Leu Glu Pro Tyr Gln Lys Cys Gly Le #u Lys Arg Lys Ser Glu         115           #       120           #       125 Glu Val Asp Ser Asn Gly Ser Val Gln Ile Il #e Glu Glu His Pro Pro     130               #   135               #   140 Leu Met Leu Gln Asn Arg Thr Val Val Gly Al #a Ala Ala Thr Thr Thr 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Thr Val Thr Thr Lys Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Gl #y Glu Gly Asp Tyr Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 Leu Val Gln His Glu Ile Leu Cys Ser Met Th #r Asn Ser Tyr Glu Val             180       #           185       #           190 Leu Glu Phe Leu Gly Arg Gly Thr Phe Gly Gl #n Val Ala Lys Cys Trp         195           #       200           #       205 Lys Arg Ser Thr Lys Glu Ile Val Ala Ile Ly #s Ile Leu Lys Asn His     210               #   215               #   220 Pro Ser Tyr Ala Arg Gln Gly Gln Ile Glu Va #l Ser Ile Leu Ser Arg 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Leu Ser Ser Glu Asn Ala Asp Glu Tyr Asn Ph #e Val Arg Ser Tyr Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 Cys Phe Gln His Lys Asn His Thr Cys Leu Va #l Phe Glu Met Leu Glu             260       #           265       #           270 Gln Asn Leu Tyr Asp Phe Leu Lys Gln Asn Ly #s Phe Ser Pro Leu Pro         275           #       280           #       285 Leu Lys Tyr Ile Arg Pro Ile Leu Gln Gln Va #l Ala Thr Ala Leu Met     290               #   295               #   300 Lys Leu Lys Ser Leu Gly Leu Ile His Ala As #p Leu Lys Pro Glu Asn 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Ile Met Leu Val Asp Pro Val Arg Gln Pro Ty #r Arg Val Lys Val Ile                 325   #               330   #               335 Asp Phe Gly Ser Ala Ser His Val Ser Lys Al #a Val Cys Ser Thr Tyr             340       #           345       #           350 Leu Gln Ser Arg Tyr Tyr Arg Ala Pro Glu Il #e Ile Leu Gly Leu Pro         355           #       360           #       365 Phe Cys Glu Ala Ile Asp Met Trp Ser Leu Gl #y Cys Val Ile Ala Glu     370               #   375               #   380 Leu Phe Leu Gly Trp Pro Leu Tyr Pro Gly Al #a Ser Glu Tyr Asp Gln 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Thr Pro Glu Glu His Glu Leu Glu Thr Gly Il #e Lys Ser Lys Glu Ala                 405   #               410   #               415 Arg Lys Tyr Ile Phe Asn Cys Leu Asp Asp Me #t Ala Gln Val Asn Met             420       #           425       #           430 Ser Thr Asp Leu Glu Gly Thr Asp Met Leu Al #a Glu Lys Ala Asp Arg         435           #       440           #       445 Arg Glu Tyr Ile Asp Leu Leu Lys Lys Met Le #u Thr Ile Asp Ala Asp     450               #   455               #   460 Lys Arg Ile Thr Pro Leu Lys Thr Leu Asn Hi #s Gln Phe Val Thr Met 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Thr His Leu Leu Asp Phe Pro His Ser Asn Hi #s Val Lys Ser Cys Phe                 485   #               490   #               495 Gln Asn Met Glu Ile Cys Lys Arg Arg Val Hi #s Met Tyr Asp Thr Val             500       #           505       #           510 Asn Gln Ile Lys Ser Pro Phe Thr Thr His Va #l Ala Pro Asn Thr Ser         515           #       520           #       525 Thr Asn Leu Thr Met Ser Phe Ser Asn Gln Le #u Asn Thr Val His Asn     530               #   535               #   540 Gln Ala Ser Val Leu Ala Ser Ser Ser Thr Al #a Ala Ala Ala Thr Leu 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 Ser Leu Ala Asn Ser Asp Val Ser Leu Leu As #n Tyr Gln Ser Ala Leu                 565   #               570   #               575 Tyr Pro Ser Ser Ala Ala Pro Val Pro Gly Va #l Ala Gln Gln Gly Val             580       #           585       #           590 Ser Leu Gln Pro Gly Thr Thr Gln Ile Cys Th #r Gln Thr Asp Pro Phe         595           #       600           #       605 Gln Gln Thr Phe Ile Val Cys Pro Pro Ala Ph #e Gln Thr Gly Leu Gln     610               #   615               #   620 Ala Thr Thr Lys His Ser Gly Phe Pro Val Ar #g Met Asp Asn Ala Val 625                 6 #30                 6 #35                 6 #40 Pro Ile Val Pro Gln Ala Pro Ala Ala Gln Pr #o Leu Gln Ile Gln Ser                 645   #               650   #               655 Gly Val Leu Thr Gln Gly Ser Cys Thr Pro Le #u Met Val Ala Thr Leu             660       #           665       #           670 His Pro Gln Val Ala Thr Ile Thr Pro Gln Ty #r Ala Val Pro Phe Thr         675           #       680           #       685 Leu Ser Cys Ala Ala Gly Arg Pro Ala Leu Va #l Glu Gln Thr Ala Ala     690               #   695               #   700 Val Leu Gln Ala Trp Pro Gly Gly Thr Gln Gl #n Ile Leu Leu Pro Ser 705                 7 #10                 7 #15                 7 #20 Thr Trp Gln Gln Leu Pro Gly Val Ala Leu Hi #s Asn Ser Val Gln Pro                 725   #               730   #               735 Thr Ala Met Ile Pro Glu Ala Met Gly Ser Gl #y Gln Gln Leu Ala Asp             740       #           745       #           750 Trp Arg Asn Ala His Ser His Gly Asn Gln Ty #r Ser Thr Ile Met Gln         755           #       760           #       765 Gln Pro Ser Leu Leu Thr Asn His Val Thr Le #u Ala Thr Ala Gln Pro     770               #   775               #   780 Leu Asn Val Gly Val Ala His Val Val Arg Gl #n Gln Gln Ser Ser Ser 785                 7 #90                 7 #95                 8 #00 Leu Pro Ser Lys Lys Asn Lys Gln Ser Ala Pr #o Val Ser Ser Lys Ser                 805   #               810   #               815 Ser Leu Asp Val Leu Pro Ser Gln Val Tyr Se #r Leu Val Gly Ser Ser             820       #           825       #           830 Pro Leu Arg Thr Thr Ser Ser Tyr Asn Ser Le #u Val Pro Val Gln Asp         835           #       840           #       845 Gln His Gln Pro Ile Ile Ile Pro Asp Thr Pr #o Ser Pro Pro Val Ser     850               #   855               #   860 Val Ile Thr Ile Arg Ser Asp Thr Asp Glu Gl #u Glu Asp Asn Lys Tyr 865                 8 #70                 8 #75                 8 #80 Lys Pro Ser Ser Ser Gly Leu Lys Pro Arg Se #r Asn Val Ile Ser Tyr                 885   #               890   #               895 Val Thr Val Asn Asp Ser Pro Asp Ser Asp Se #r Ser Leu Ser Ser Pro             900       #           905       #           910 Tyr Ser Thr Asp Thr Leu Ser Ala Leu Arg Gl #y Asn Ser Gly Ser Val         915           #       920           #       925 Leu Glu Gly Pro Gly Arg Val Val Ala Asp Gl #y Thr Gly Thr Arg Thr     930               #   935               #   940 Ile Ile Val Pro Pro Leu Lys Thr Gln Leu Gl #y Asp Cys Thr Val Ala 945                 9 #50                 9 #55                 9 #60 Thr Gln Ala Ser Gly Leu Leu Ser Asn Lys Th #r Lys Pro Val Ala Ser                 965   #               970   #               975 Val Ser Gly Gln Ser Ser Gly Cys Cys Ile Th #r Pro Thr Gly Tyr Arg             980       #           985       #           990 Ala Gln Arg Gly Gly Thr Ser Ala Ala Gln Pr #o Leu Asn Leu Ser Gln         995           #       1000           #      1005 Asn Gln Gln Ser Ser Ala Ala Pro Thr Ser Gl #n Glu Arg Ser Ser Asn     1010              #   1015               #  1020 Pro Ala Pro Arg Arg Gln Gln Ala Phe Val Al #a Pro Leu Ser Gln Ala 1025                1030 #                1035  #               1040 Pro Tyr Thr Phe Gln His Gly Ser Pro Leu Hi #s Ser Thr Gly His Pro                 1045  #               1050   #              1055 His Leu Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala His Leu Pro Se #r Gln Ala His Leu Tyr             1060      #           1065       #          1070 Thr Tyr Ala Ala Pro Thr Ser Ala Ala Ala Le #u Gly Ser Thr Ser Ser         1075          #       1080           #      1085 Ile Ala His Leu Phe Ser Pro Gln Gly Ser Se #r Arg His Ala Ala Ala     1090              #   1095               #  1100 Tyr Thr Thr His Pro Ser Thr Leu Val His Gl #n Val Pro Val Ser Val 1105                1110 #                1115  #               1120 Gly Pro Ser Leu Leu Thr Ser Ala Ser Val Al #a Pro Ala Gln Tyr Gln                 1125  #               1130   #              1135 His Gln Phe Ala Thr Gln Ser Tyr Ile Gly Se #r Ser Arg Gly Ser Thr             1140      #           1145       #          1150 Ile Tyr Thr Gly Tyr Pro Leu Ser Pro Thr Ly #s Ile Ser Gln Tyr Ser         1155          #       1160           #      1165 Tyr Leu     1170 <210> SEQ ID NO 3 <211> LENGTH: 36159 <212> TYPE: DNA <213> ORGANISM: Homo sapiens <220> FEATURE: <221> NAME/KEY: misc_feature <222> LOCATION: (1)...(36159) <223> OTHER INFORMATION: n = A,T,C or G <400> SEQUENCE: 3 aaagtgggga gatgttggaa ggcagcaagc agattttgga gtgcatttta ag #gcaggttg     60 agacaggttt tttttttgag ataggatcta gctctgttgc ccaggctaga gt #gcaatgga    120 gtaatcacaa ctcactgtag cctcaatgtc ccagactcag atgattttcc tg #cttcagcc    180 tcctgagtag ctgggaccac aggcatgtgc cacttacact tggctttttt tt #tttttttt    240 tcccggtaga gatggagtct ccccatgttg ctctggctgg tcttgaactc gt #ggactcaa    300 gtgatccttc caccttgggt tcctaaagtg ccaggattac aggcgtgagc ca #ccacatct    360 ggcctaattt ttcttttctt ttcttttttt tttttgttaa tgcttcccag gc #tgatcttg    420 aactcctgag ctcaagtgat cctcctgcct gggcctccca aagtgcggga at #tacaggct    480 tgagcgacca tggccagcca agttgagaat cttggacatt atctccaaag ca #atgagaaa    540 ccccgggaga aggggaagca agatggttaa gaagagagag cagttatctg at #ttgcattg    600 tttaaaagca aagatctact gagtggattt aaggagatta gtttggaagc ta #ctggcagt    660 ttgaactaga atggtgccaa taagggtagg gaaaaagggc tgatttgaaa ta #tacttagg    720 aggccagggg cagtggctca cgcctgtaat cccagcactt tgggagggtg ag #gggggtgg    780 atcacttgag ctcaggagtt tgagaccacc caggcaacat ggtgaaaacc ca #tctctact    840 aaaaatacaa agaaattaac tgggtgtggt cgtgcacgcc tctactctca gc #tacttggg    900 aggctgaggc aggagaattg cttgagcccc agaggtgaag gttgcagcga gc #caagattg    960 caccattgca ctccagcttg ggctacagag tgagactctg tctcaaaaaa aa #aaaaaaaa   1020 aatatacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacact ta #ggagatgg   1080 aatggataag atagagatta gatgtggagg aataagggag aggaatgagc ca #ggataata   1140 gtattaaata tgtggtagac actatcattt tacatgtatt aaattattta at #tctcagaa   1200 caaccccatg aggtaggtat tgctatcacc attatgtagc tgaggaaaca ga #catcccta   1260 attttttttc ttttttttga gacagggtgt cattctttca ccctggctgg ag #tgcagtgg   1320 cacgatcaca gctcactgca gcctctacct ctgggctcag gtgatcactt ct #gccttctg   1380 agtagctagg actacaggca tgtgccacca tgcctggcta actttttttt ct #gttttttt   1440 ttttttttgt tgttgttgtt gtttgtttgt tttagagacg gtttcaccat gt #tgcccagg   1500 ctggagctcc ctgatttctg gcttgaggcg ttggatgtgt gatggcatct ca #taattaag   1560 atagaaaact gaaggtgggg tggaggctcg taagtttaat tctgaatgta tt #gaatatga   1620 ggtgtttgtg aaatgtccaa gttgcagggt taagtagtca tttggatata gg #gtttggag   1680 ttcaaagcga gagaatcctg ggttagagat agagatttta gtcttttgaa ga #tgactaat   1740 tttgaggagt aattattaaa aaggggcaaa gggtagagca aggaaagagg ga #ttactata   1800 gagccccaag gcatatgaga tcggatggtt gaaaatggag aagataaata tg #aaatggct   1860 tgtgtgctat gtcagatgtt tggactttat tctgaaaaaa tagctttcag tt #taatctgt   1920 gggcttattg agctggaagt gtctgtggga tattcaggga cagaaagctg ga #ctgttctt   1980 acatcctttc ctcatatttt tctgctaact ttcctcggtt cttcagaata ta #ctctagct   2040 ttctcatcat cctggttact tttttttttt tttttttcaa ttttagtatt tt #tagagaca   2100 gggtctcact acattgccta ggctggtctc gaactcctca gctcaggaga tc #ttcctgcc   2160 ttggcctccc aaagtgctgg aattaaaggc ttgagccact gtgcctggcc ca #tactggtt   2220 acttttttat cttaaaatgt ggtagacaat tgaatgcatt ttatgtatga cc #tgagcaga   2280 gtggataatc ttcactttgt ccagcacgtt ctgtacactg tttctatgaa ta #taggtcaa   2340 gattgaatta gtttttgaga agaggagaac attattacat catgtttctt tt #atcaagta   2400 aaagtgtgtg tgtgtgtttg tgtgttttaa atctaagcct tgtatctttt at #ccttgtgg   2460 tctaattctt cctttctctc aatataggta tggcatcaca gctgcaagtg tt #ttcgcccc   2520 catcagtgtc gtcgagtgcc ttctgcagtg cgaagaaact gaaaatagag cc #ctctggct   2580 gggatgtttc aggacagagt agcaacgaca aatattatac ccacagcaaa ac #cctcccag   2640 ccacacaagg gcaagccaac tcctctcacc aggtagcaaa tttcaacatc cc #tgcttacg   2700 accagggcct cctcctccca gctcctgcag tggagcatat tgttgtaaca gc #cgctgata   2760 gctcgggcag tgctgctaca tcaaccttcc aaagcagcca gaccctgact ca #cagaagca   2820 acgtttcttt gcttgagcca tatcaaaaat gtggattgaa acgaaaaagt ga #ggaagttg   2880 acagcaacgg tagtgtgcag atcatagaag aacatccccc tctcatgctg ca #aaacagga   2940 ctgtggtggg tgctgctgcc acaaccacca ctgtgaccac aaagagtagc ag #ttccagcg   3000 gagaagggga ttaccagctg gtccagcatg agatcctttg ctctatgacc aa #tagctatg   3060 aagtcttgga gttcctaggc cgggggacat ttggacaggt ggctaagtgc tg #gaagagga   3120 gcaccaagga aattgtggct attaaaatct tgaagaacca cccctcctat gc #cagacaag   3180 gacagattga agtgagcatc ctttcccgcc taagcagtga aaatgctgat ga #gtataatt   3240 ttgtccgttc atacgagtgc tttcagcata agaatcacac ctgccttgtt tt #tgaaatgt   3300 tggagcagaa cttatatgat tttctaaagc aaaacaaatt tagcccactg cc #actcaagt   3360 acatcagacc aatcttgcag caggtggcca cagccttgat gaagctcaag ag #tcttggtc   3420 tgatccacgc tgaccttaag cctgaaaaca tcatgctggt tgatccagtt cg #ccagccct   3480 accgagtgaa ggtcattgac tttggttctg ctagtcacgt ttccaaagct gt #gtgctcaa   3540 cctacttaca gtcacgttac tacaggcaag tggcaaatgc tgaaaatcgt at #cttaggct   3600 agagttctgt ccttatattt aacatatacc ccgtaggcta catatagcaa tg #aatttgtt   3660 tatagattct gagatagaaa taggatatgt tttagctcat tctatgtgtg tg #gcattcct   3720 atatatgaca tttatttctg aaattttatc tagcactgga aaaattaact ca #gtctgatt   3780 ctgaaagttg ttactagttg aattatacta gcacctggtt ctttagtatt at #tttacctc   3840 attttcccat tttatttatt ttatttattt atttatttat ttagagacag aa #tctcgctc   3900 tgtcgcccag gctggagtgc agtggcgtga tatcagctca ctgcaagccc ca #cctcctgg   3960 gttcacgcca ttctcctgcc tcagcctcct gagtagctgg gaccacaggc ac #ccgccatc   4020 acgcccggct aatttttttt gtatttttag tagagacggg gtttcaccgt gt #tagccagg   4080 atggtctcga tatcctgacc tcgtgatcca cccgtctcgg cctcccaaag cg #ctgggatt   4140 acaggcgtga gccaccgtgc ccagcctatt tatttatttt tttaagatgg ag #tttcactt   4200 gccacccagg ctagagtgca gtggtgtgac attgactcac ggcagcctcc ac #ctcctggg   4260 gtcaagtgat ttctcctgca actcctgtcc tgagtagctg ggactacagg ca #cctgctac   4320 cacgcccggc taattttttt gtttttaata gagatggggt ttcaccatgt tg #accgggct   4380 ggttttgaac tcctgacctc aggtgatcca cccgcctcag cctcccaaag tg #attagagg   4440 cgtgagccac catgcccagc cattttccca ttttgaagag tcttgaaata ca #caaagata   4500 tttacttatt tgtaatgaat ctgagcatat gttgctgttt tttcgaacct ct #tatcttgg   4560 caggtaaaat aacgtgggaa taactctagg tttaactcta gtaacatttt at #tcttttac   4620 attttcttct gtagtagcat gaattgaatt acatggttgc tacaatctct tc #ctgtttta   4680 actttctcta aatactttga acttaatggg ttatcctaga atggccttga cc #caagtacc   4740 ttatacttta atgatatata tttctagatt gatactttta atgtagctac ca #ttttaata   4800 tataataatt attgggacag tatgtaaatg ctgatatata caattttgtc tg #taccataa   4860 ccaaggcttt taaaatgtgc tttttatcag cacccattta cttacttgcc ta #gttattaa   4920 ttttaaggaa tctaatattt agttttaatg gccatacatt aaatacaaat ca #tgtaagca   4980 tccaatcaag aagtgaaata ataaaaacat agataaccta taaaatatgt tt #ataaggag   5040 ctatacatgc cagatgcctg taataaaatt tgaggaaata gaaattctga at #taagaatt   5100 ttatattatg tgtgaaaata atgtgaggat attttaaccc atacaaggac tc #agaaaaaa   5160 tgtcatctgc atgtttcctt ttttaaaaac attgtggtaa gatgtttata at #aggaaatt   5220 tacaatttta accatttggt accactcatt gtgttaagta cattcatagt gt #tgtgtaac   5280 catcactgct gtctgttaag tatattcaca atgttgtgta accatcacca ct #atttccaa   5340 atgttttcat cacccaaaac agaaattcta accattaagc aataactccc ta #ttctctct   5400 tcttcctacc actggtaatc ttgatttgac tttctgtctc tatgaatttg cc #tattctag   5460 atactgcatg taagtggaat catacaatat ttgtcttttt gtgtctagtt ta #tttcactt   5520 agtgtaatgc ttttgaggct aatccatgct gtaacatgta tcagaacttc at #tcctttta   5580 tggctgtata atattccatt gtttgtatat accacatttt gtttatgcat tc #atctgttg   5640 gtagatattt gggttgttgc tacctttagg ctgttgtgaa taatgctgct at #gaacattg   5700 gtgtacaagt atcctagtcc ctattttcag ttactttggg gatatagcta gg #agggaatt   5760 gctgggtcac atgataattc tatgtttaac tttttgcaga attaccaaat ta #ttttccac   5820 agaggctgca ctattttaca ttcctaccag cagtggatgt gcattccaaa tt #tctccaca   5880 ttttctctaa catttgttat tttttttatt taaaaatatt gtttgtttat tt #ttacagag   5940 acaggggctg cctctattgc tcatgctgga gtacagtggc acgatcatag tt #cactgtag   6000 cctccaactc ctggacttga gcagtcctcc cacttcagcc tcccaagtag ct #aggactgc   6060 agtcacactc caccatacct ggctaattac tattatttta ttttttgtgg cg #acagtgtt   6120 ttgagggtct cattttgttg cccaatctgg tctcaaacta ctggcctcaa gc #catcctcc   6180 tgcctcagtc tcccaaagtt ctgggattac aggtgtgaac taccactcct gg #ccttgttt   6240 tgttttttaa ataatagcca tgggtttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt tt #ttttttgg   6300 aaagggagtt tcacttttgt tgcctaggct ggagggcagg ggggcaatct cg #gttaactg   6360 gaacctttgc ctcccaggat tttcctgcct aaacctccca agtagctggg at #tacagggg   6420 cctgccacca cacccagtta atttttgttt ttttaaaaaa aatggggttt ta #ccatgttg   6480 gccagggggg gctccaactc ctgacctcag gggatctgcc caccttggcc tc #ccaaagtg   6540 ctgggattac aggcatgagc cactatgcct ggccaataat agtttttttt tg #tttttttt   6600 ttgttttttt tttgagatgg agtcttgctc tgttgccagg ctggagtgca gt #ggcacaat   6660 ctcggttcac tgcaacctcc acctcacagg ttcaagcagt tctcctagct tg #gcctcctg   6720 agtagctggg aatacaggtg ccaccatgcc cagctaattt ttgtattttt ag #tagagaca   6780 gggtttcacc atgttggccg ggatggtctc gatctcttga cctcgtgatg aa #gtgctggg   6840 attacaggca tgagccaccg ggcccggtca ataatagcca ttcttatggg tg #tgaagtgg   6900 tatctcattg tggttttgat ttgtatttcc ctaatgatta atgatgttga gc #atttgttt   6960 tattttgttt gtttgagaca gagtcccact ttgtcaccca ggctggggtg ca #gttgtgca   7020 atcatggctt actgcagcca tgacctctca ggctcaagca gtcctcccac ct #tagccttt   7080 cgggtacctg agactacggg catgcacccc cacacctgac tagtgttttg ta #tttttagt   7140 agagacgggg tttcactgtg ttgcccaggc tggtctcaaa ctcataggct ca #agtgatat   7200 gcccgcctcg gcaacccaaa gtgctgggat tacagacatg agccaccatg cc #cagcctgg   7260 cattttttta tgtgcccgac atctgtatat cttctttgga gaaatgtcta tt #taagtcct   7320 ttcctcattt cttgaattgg gctttttgtt gttgagttgt atactctata ta #cttaattt   7380 tcatctattc cttgggttgc ctttttacct gttgatagtg tttgacacag aa #aagttttt   7440 aactttggtg aagtgcagtt tgtctacttt ttctttggtt gcttgtgctt tt #ggtgacat   7500 atccaagaag tcactgttaa gtcgaaatca tacagatttt cccctatgtt tt #ctgctaag   7560 agttttatag ttttagctct tatattttgg tctttgattc tttgttgatt tt #tgtctatg   7620 gtccaaggta caaatccagt gtaattcttt ggcatgtgac tattcagttc tt #caaacacc   7680 atttgctaag aagattgtcc tttctgcatt gggtggtttg ggcacccttg tt #ggaatcat   7740 ttgaacatat atacaaataa ttcttatctt ctattgcttt cccattttca at #gttgggct   7800 ctctattcca ttaatctata tatgtcttta tgccagtacc acattgtttt ga #ttattgta   7860 gctttgtagt aagtttgaaa tcaggaagtg tgagacctcc aactttgttc tt #tttcaaga   7920 ttgttttggc tatttggggt ctttgagggt ccatataaat tttaggatgg gt #ttttctat   7980 tttatacaaa aaccataatt gctttttatt aaggatagcg atgaatctgt ag #atgacttt   8040 gggtagtatt gacagcttaa tagtaagtca gtccatcctt atttctttat at #cttttcac   8100 agttttataa aactggtatt ttttacttga ggtaaggtaa ataaactctt ag #agcctttg   8160 ttttctggtt ttatgctgcc ctaggcaacc ttggctaact ttaagaatgt ca #tctccatt   8220 tatttattta tgccttggga gatttaggtt ccaactacat ttgcttttta at #gctctcct   8280 ttgagcagtc tcaccaccag ccacaccaac ataacatata tataacatac tc #tacaggtg   8340 cactgaagaa ttcagcgcag catcccattt tgagtcctca ggagggacta gg #cagaccac   8400 agctgaagga agagggctga tcagctcttc ctttctgtct tgactctgtg cc #tgcaggtg   8460 ttctttaact atttgtttgc cctgtcaaag acaaagtgca ttctcttgtg at #accagagt   8520 agtttttaaa ttgaaaaagg gagagcaata ggagataaaa attatttggc tt #tgttataa   8580 ttggggcatg ttaatacaaa ataaaatgaa ttatttggct gcttagcttt ct #gtaatgtg   8640 taattcattt gaataatttt cagtgttagg ttgctgatct ttgtattttt ta #tcctttta   8700 atttaagctg tcaattgatt cattttggtt ttgtttttta tagaaactaa gg #ttttcaaa   8760 tcttcaaagt tacccttcga caaagctttc tttaaattca ctgcaatata gt #tgttgact   8820 ataattttaa gtggagctaa gtttgcctct taaaaacagg agttcattct gt #gtattact   8880 gagtaattac tctgtatact gaagttcagt gcccagggct tgacagtgtt ta #ggatttaa   8940 catgagtgtt ctgttgtgtc acagtaatac ttgataatga gcctaaggca ga #tggaacag   9000 cagctcaggc attccttctt tatcactagt tttacccgca gtggtcctct ta #agcttctt   9060 tgatgttgct ttgttgccat attagagtcc attaagtcct cacccttctg tc #tttcaaaa   9120 aacctctgtg aaatctgttt ggctggtgaa gcattttgac tccaaagcta gt #ccttctct   9180 tacccacctt tttagtttac cttgctttgt ctttctgata atatgccagt at #tatcagct   9240 cacataaatt tgccaccttg ctgtgtccat tggccctggg catggctaaa tg #attcaggc   9300 agtggaaata atatacttta ctctctggct cactgtaaat gtgcacagac tc #caagcaaa   9360 gctcctgtct ttcgggcttg agttttagag acaaaggttt gccatgctta ca #ggctgaat   9420 gtttttccct actgaacaaa ctagccagcc tttatttcaa gctgaatcac tt #tgttactt   9480 acggaaggaa aaggtctaga gaaggaaaac gtatcttcca tttatcctag ac #aaacaaat   9540 aatctaattt cctctggcag tcaaaatata gtttcaccta agccactgat gc #aggaagtt   9600 aggttttatg taacctctct aattggtaag taagtaggtt tgatgtctct ga #gataggaa   9660 gaaagaaacg aaaatgttca tgaaaataat cagagtgatt tgtgttaagt ga #tcctaacc   9720 ttagcttgct ctgggtgcca gtgaaattaa cctcaacaat gttggttgga ag #aatttttc   9780 aacttaaaga agtttgaagt tggggaatca aaaggcaggg attgttgttt ct #atcactta   9840 gctgtaataa ccagagcctg tttagtattt gttttttaag gatgggatgt gt #cttcaaag   9900 aggagacttg ccatgttcaa agcacaatta atgccatttt cctactgaag tg #aacactgc   9960 cagtttttaa cagtttcttt cactttcctg tgcttctgta gataaccttt tt #tactgccc  10020 agttgttgga atgttacagc tggaaaggga cctagaagag taattatcta ac #tctgtttc  10080 cttattacac aaatgaggta gaaccagagt tttacgtgtc tatagagtnn nn #nnnnnnnn  10140 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnca gtggcgcaat ca #tggctcac  10200 tgcagccttg acctcctggg ctcaagtgat ccttccacct cagcttcctg ag #tagctaga  10260 actgcaggca tgcaccacca tacctggcta attttttaaa tttttttggt ag #agattggg  10320 tcttgctgtg ttgcctaggc tggtctcaaa ctcctgctca agtgatcctc ct #gccttggc  10380 ttcccaaagt gctgggatta taggtgtgaa ccgccgtttc tggccgtatt tt #tttttttt  10440 ttaaactgct ttcctttttt tgtttttcct tttgctattt gcctttttat aa #ggtagata  10500 cggtagagtt gctgttttga ctgagctttt gctggaagtc cttagctgct tt #tgtcactc  10560 caaaagcagg gtgagaccaa atgaaaaaac tttcagctaa tcttcagttt tt #ttttttaa  10620 ttaaatggga cttgggggct gtggaagtga tattttcctt aatttcccag aa #aactttaa  10680 gctcgagaca gttatcatat attattgcta ccttttttat ttttttctga ga #cggagttt  10740 cgctcttacg cccagtctgg agtgaattga cgtaatcttg gctcactgca ac #ctctgccc  10800 cccgggttca agcgattctc ctgcctcagc ctctggagta gttgggatta ca #ggcgcctg  10860 ccaccatgcc cagctaattt ttgtattttt agtagagact gggtttcatc at #gttggcca  10920 ggctggactt gaactcctga cctcaggcca tccacgtgcc ttggccaccc ac #agtgctag  10980 gattataggc gtgagccacc gcgcctggcc tgttatcgct accttttaaa ga #agaaagtt  11040 atagagtggc ctggccattc tctgtgacct accttttgga ctttaaaatg tc #tttctagt  11100 atggtaggaa tagcaaaatc aatatgctgc cctccaattg atgctttgga at #gttctaaa  11160 cccagttttt attttggctc attgccagtt gtgctccccc tgccagctat tt #ttggcatt  11220 gtcatgaact tggaaattaa tgattctgct cactaggagt agaaaatttt gt #tccttttc  11280 aattttagaa aagcttttat gttgtttctg ggtagtctta ctagcttatt aa #tgcgcctg  11340 tcaaacttgt gcagtgttga aaacatgcca ttatggttga gatttcactg aa #ctctgaaa  11400 ttccatcagt aatatgtgcc tctagccacc tgcaacagga atatcacttt tg #agggttac  11460 ttcttttctt ttcttttttt tttttttttg agacagagtc ttactctgtc ac #ccaggctg  11520 gagtgcagtg gcactgtgtc agctcactgc aacctccgtc tcctgggttc aa #gcaattct  11580 cctgcctcag cctcctgagt agctgggatt acaggtgccc gccaccacac ct #ggctgatt  11640 ttttatattt ttagtagaga tggggtttca ccatgttggc caggctggtc tc #aaactcct  11700 gacttcaggt gatccagcct cctcggcctc ccaaagtgct tgtattacag gc #atgagcca  11760 ccgcacccgg ccagttattt ctttggtaaa caaaaccaca gttcaaatta aa #tactacaa  11820 aaactgatga tattggtggt tccacccata gctgttaaaa agtgtaagcc cg #aagaggcc  11880 tgggtcgact gctatttgta tttaaggatc agaaaagctt tcaggccctg tg #gagtcccc  11940 agatttactg ttttctaagg gccactattt atgtataaat actaggggag ga #tttttttt  12000 ttcttctatg cctagtttgc ttagatgggg agggatattc ttatttaggg aa #attatatt  12060 ctccttgctt aatccttgcc ttccctcaac cccctgcaca tatacacaaa ac #aacaataa  12120 gcacatatca cttgaaagta gtttgagaaa cctgggtatt ctgtgaggag ac #acggccag  12180 ttagatggtt cttcacggaa agatctgttt tccatttaac tcctgtaaca tg #aggaatct  12240 gaatctggat ctggatctgg atctggagtg tccttataga ttataattcc at #gacttgta  12300 agaaagaaag gaaattattt ggagaagatg atccagtgcc taagagctga aa #tcttggat  12360 ccaaatagct tgggtaccat cctttttctt ttgttgagat ggagtctcgc tc #tgtcgccc  12420 aggctggagt gcagtggcag atctcaactc attgcaactt atgcctccca ag #tttaagta  12480 attctcttgc ctcagcctct gagtagttgg gattacagct gcccgccacc at #gcccagct  12540 aatttttgta tttttagtag agatggagtt tcaccgtgtt gaccaggctg tt #ctcgaact  12600 cgtgacctca agcaatccac tcaccttggc ttcccaaagt gctgggatta ca #ggtgtgag  12660 ccactgcgct ggccaagggc accatctttt agtagttatg tagccttggg ca #agttactt  12720 taacctctta gtgccagttt cttcatctgt aaaatggagg taatactttt at #tgcataga  12780 atctaacatg ccattgatta taagatacat tatttttgta ccacttaaaa aa #ggaaaagc  12840 gctgccatta aactaaaata taccatcatt tgtaagaatc ttcttaattt ca #gaggtgct  12900 aacatgtaaa aagatgtgta tcttagaatt gatgacatca taataatact tt #gataggat  12960 tgttgtaagg attaagtgac tcaacattta taaagaactt agaacagtgc at #ggcacata  13020 gtaggcaata tttatgtgtc atttattatt attgctatta gtgttaccta tt #attttctt  13080 tttgaaccca cttattgcct aattagtcat agtttgacaa ttgcccttgt at #tccaccat  13140 gtcaaatata aatttacata gatgagtatg tacttttact tattgagaaa ca #gtgtaata  13200 tataatatac tcaattctgg agccagattg cagggattca aatcctagct ct #gccactta  13260 tttgactgtg actctaggcc aataacttaa tctttctttt tctcagtttc tt #cttctgta  13320 atggggataa taattctatt ttagatgtgt tcgtatatat aaacgtctga gt #tatggatt  13380 accttagtca tctctttaaa gttccctagc attttatttc tcacttggac tg #ttaatgaa  13440 tatttctaaa aagcacacta agagttcaaa gttttaaaat aatggtaaca ta #atactgtt  13500 attatatcta acacctacta gtatttacca tgtgccatgc actggtctaa aa #gctttcat  13560 atatttattt aagcttcaca acaactctat gtggtgggaa ctcttactgt ct #ccatttta  13620 tagatgagga acctgaggca cagagagatc aagtaatata cctgcagcta tt #aaatgatg  13680 gaactaggat tcagaccctg acaggctggc tctagagagt gtgctgtcaa ca #ccatgtct  13740 cttcagaagg catttctttt tctttttttt ttttccagaa ggcatttctg tc #atgaaggg  13800 gttatttatt gaccagggct tttttttttt tttttggact gtcttgggtc tc #ctaggctg  13860 gagtgtagtg gtgtgatctt ggcttactgc aacctctacc tcctgggttc aa #gcgattct  13920 tttgtctcaa cctcctgagt agctgggatt acaggcgccc accaccacac ct #gactcatt  13980 tttgtatttt tagtagattt ggggtttcac catattggcc aagctggtct tg #aacttctg  14040 acctcaggtg atccacccgc ttcggcttcc caaagtgctg ggattacagg ca #tgagccac  14100 tgtgcccagt tgaccaggcc ttttaattga tttttttttt ttatgattga aa #tggtgcta  14160 ggaataataa taaaaaaaat ctattatccc ttatctgtga ttgcaaaatt ca #gaaagctc  14220 tcataaatga aaatttttct ttaagtttgg tataaattca tttaattggc aa #gacctgac  14280 ttgaaccatt gttaagctat ttgaagtctt tatttagcca acttagtatg ac #tgttccca  14340 tgttttgttg cagaaatatt aatgtgtttg attatagtgc actgccctga ac #tccactgg  14400 gattattata taatgtgtac tttgtgttct gcattacctt tctgaaattc aa #aatattct  14460 gaattccaaa acacatctgg ccctgagctt cagatgatgg attgtatacc aa #agattttt  14520 tttccatttc attgaataaa tgttccttta gctaatacta aaacaggact ta #gtcatgta  14580 gttaattttc ccaaataatg tttttttttt tttaatctga tattttttgt tt #ttgctaga  14640 gctcctgaaa ttattcttgg gttaccattt tgtgaagcta ttgatatgtg gt #cactgggc  14700 tgtgtgatag ctgagctgtt cctgggatgg cctctttatc ctggtgcttc ag #aatatgat  14760 caggtaaaag tgtttatttg aatggaaata gaatgcaaat agttacttgt ga #attagatt  14820 ctggagaaag agaagtacta agtactactg aagtatttag ataataggga aa #gagtagtc  14880 caattgctac taaagaactt tttaaagaat agtataattt tctcttcctg ct #tcttaggc  14940 taaagtatgt ttgcaattct ataataaaaa aaagaatttt attttatatt aa #ggttgata  15000 ctttgctaga tctgtaatga tttattagag acttaacttt cattaactta tg #tgctttgt  15060 gagttaggaa agtagagtaa agatgaggaa ctggaatttt aaaagagaac tt #ctacttac  15120 tcggagctat tataatttac ttttacgcat gacacactga agtactttct tc #agactgaa  15180 acacttcagg tcccagaagc tgtgacatac tgggtcgcta agataggatt ta #gaaaggaa  15240 atcatcctga gttgtagtaa tatatgatct gtatctaaaa atagacaaac tt #aggagata  15300 tggtataatt tcctaaggaa ttggtccgtt aagggaaaat gttttactat gg #aagtaaat  15360 tgtgaattct catttcttgt tattttttct tttttctttt tatttgtttg ag #atggagtc  15420 ttgctctgtc acccaggctg gagtgcagtg gcgcgatctc ggctcactgc aa #cctctgcc  15480 tccctggttc aagcgattct cctgcctcag cctcctgagt agctgggatt ac #aggtgcct  15540 gccaccatga ccaactaatt tttgtatttt ttagtagaga cggggtttca cc #atgttggc  15600 caggctggtt tcgaactcct gacttcaggt gatccacctg cctcagcctc cc #aaagtgtt  15660 gggattacag gtgtgagtca ccgtgcctgg ccttcttctt attttttaaa aa #tgttcctg  15720 ccctttatga tgtaagctcc ttgagggtag agattgtttc acatcaccag tg #tatcctca  15780 gctcctaaca ctgtgtctgg tacacagtaa gtacaccagt ttttttgttg tg #gtttttaa  15840 gtttttattt ttttagagac agagtcttgc tcagtcaccc aggctggcat gt #aggcctgt  15900 cacagcttac tgtaacctct agctcctggg cttaagtgat cctcccacct ca #gcctccca  15960 ggtagatggg actataggtg catgccacct tgcctagcta attcttttat tt #tttgtaga  16020 gtcggggatc ttgctatatc agcctagggt ggtctcaaac tcccaggctc aa #gctatcct  16080 cctaccttgg cctcccaaag tactgggatt acaggtgtga gccaccatgc ct #ggcctata  16140 ttgtcaaata tctttacttg tccgtaaata cacttctacc ttgtcattta ca #atgtctgc  16200 atggtatttt ggtttccagc tacaggattt agaaaggaag ttatctgagt tg #tagtagat  16260 tccacagatt tgaagtatta gaagtcaaca ggaaaagcaa aaaagattat ag #ccaaaatt  16320 ttcaaaactg gatttccttg taaataatag atacagtagc tgtggatgga tt #agtatata  16380 taggtattta cagataaatt tcagttgtat tgattaaaga tttgatttct tc #ctttgcct  16440 aaagttaatg atgttttagt gtaaaagcct ttaataattt cccttttcac tc #caaatagt  16500 tgtttgatgg ttttgatgtt tcagattcgt tatatttcac aaacacaagg ct #tgccagct  16560 gaatatctta tcagtgccgg aacaaaaaca accaggtttt tcaacagaga tc #ctaatttg  16620 gggtacccac tgtggaggct taaggtctgt cttccctact atgcttccga ct #cctgtact  16680 ccacccctca ctccccaatt ttgaattcaa agtttagtta ttaaattctt ca #ggtagaga  16740 agggaaagga gagggggaag cattttgaaa aattatttct ttgtacctgt tt #ggccttat  16800 cctcagttga aaaacaaaac attaattgct agttcagttg gctgaggtta tt #ttgtatat  16860 gttcaatcca cagctgatag aaagtttgga gggtagtgct caccattaag cg #atagaact  16920 agagacatat agtaatgact gatttttaga gaattctcaa tgaacatgat aa #aatcacaa  16980 attttctaac tgcccacatt caggacttct atattttttc ttgaaacaaa ta #cctgcttt  17040 ttacttctga gcctactctg tcaggttcag aaatatctga gtaatttgac ta #accctgtg  17100 actgtgtgtc tgagtctgtt gaacagttag catttgagat atcgatttat tt #gaaagtag  17160 ctttaagaga acaatggtag tgtccccttt tacctgacat tctttaggaa ct #gtgctgta  17220 tcattacttg catgtttatc actgttgaaa gggtagctag atatcaaggt ca #catctctc  17280 cactggaaga ttttctggtt gtgaattact ttcatgtttg ccatctatgg tt #ggcaaggt  17340 gaccacactt gtctcttgta ttctggcttt ggttttgaat aaaatgtgaa aa #taacatac  17400 agatggaatt taaggaggaa aatctttatt ttatagacac ctgaagaaca tg #aactggag  17460 actggaataa aatcaaaaga agctcggaag tacattttta attgcttaga tg #acatggct  17520 caggtgagta cggaaagttt cagaaagtca gacatttatt tttaatcaga ga #cacttctg  17580 ttgattatac taaagacaaa tttaatgtta tctttctagt atttgttttc ag #tttttata  17640 aaaaatgcat taatattcca ccatgtagta aaggaacatt taaatcctaa cc #aagtatat  17700 ttttagaatt acatatttct ctcttgcttt acttgtcttg ttacatagca gt #gttttaaa  17760 atattactta tgaaagtttc ttgtcccatt ttctctatta aatacttaag aa #ttatattt  17820 attgagcgcc tattatgtta cgaactctga acacttcaca cttatgtcat tt #aatttttt  17880 caacagtaga agcttttata tttaggtagt aacaatcact attgcttagc ta #cttgttcc  17940 attttttttt tttttttttt tttttttgag acagagtctc actctattgc cc #aggctgga  18000 gtgcagtggc gtaatctcag ctcactgcaa cctctgcctc ccgggttcaa gc #gattctcc  18060 tgcctcagcc tcccaagtag ctgggattac aggcacgtgc caccatgccc gg #ctaatttt  18120 tgtatttttt ttagtagaga cggggttttg ccatgttggc caggctgggt ct #caaactcc  18180 tgacctcagg tgatccacct gccttggctt cccaaaatgc tgggattaca gg #catgagcc  18240 accgcgccca gcccccaaat ttttaatgac aagaaattgt ttagctttct tc #taccactc  18300 aatttagatg aagattttaa ttaaacagca taaaaagagc ttcctcctct ga #aaatgatt  18360 agattttcat aaaaagaatt tccccaggtt tctcttttga ttacatatat ac #acacacac  18420 atagtttgga gggaaagcag ctatgtagtg tcagtgccaa aggttaagtg aa #gaagtata  18480 attctgaatt ttctttggaa ggtgaatatg tctacagacc tggagggaac ag #acatgttg  18540 gcagagaagg cagaccgaag agaatacatt gatctgttaa agaaaatgct ca #caattgat  18600 gcagataaga gaattacccc tctaaaaact cttaaccatc agtttgtgac aa #tgactcac  18660 cttttggatt ttccacatag caatcagtga gtatggaata ttctggggct tt #tgccatgt  18720 ggttctttgt tgagttaccg ccttatcaat ggcactatca aatgagcccg cc #actttggt  18780 gcttataaat ctggctcagc agtgcttttc tttctcattg aaacatcata ag #ataaaaat  18840 tagatgtgta tttttcttcc ctatgattat acaaattctt gatttatttt at #ctgaaagt  18900 gattgggaaa aaaagctttg atccatgttc atcttgagtt atttgctgtc tg #tttaaatc  18960 tcagcattca tttaatgaat ctttaatctc cttttcagtg ttaagtcttg tt #ttcagaac  19020 atggagatct gcaagcggag ggttcacatg tatgatacag tgagtcagat ca #agagtccc  19080 ttcactacac atgttgcccc aaatacaagc acaaatctaa ccatgagctt ca #gcaatcag  19140 ctcaatacag tgcacaatca ggtattcaat aaataatttt ggaaactcaa gc #ttaagtgg  19200 gatagaaact agtaagaata cagggcaagg taaagaacca atttttgttt tg #gtggtctt  19260 gttgcttctt agaaattctc cacttgacaa aagttgatgg aaaacagggt ag #actgataa  19320 tacttaccag gcacaggcta actaaagtta aatataaagg cctaatccat gc #cctcatat  19380 gttcagcatc gtcaaataaa tggggtctga ctattatgct acttactgct gt #tagtttta  19440 ctgactttag ccaaatgact ttctccctgt taggagaagg attttatatc tc #ttgttact  19500 gtattgaaag gtttccagtc attaacttta agggtggttt tgcatttgtt tg #ctagccag  19560 tgatatttgc atttaggttt atttctgaag atgtaagctt cccagtttct tg #gctgggtc  19620 tactttttta atggaagagc ctatgagatt tggtgggatc ttccatccag ta #attttttg  19680 tgcagaagta gttggggttt gtgtagccac agccaacata ggaccattcg tt #tttttttt  19740 tttatttgct tatttgacca tataatatgc cttcaattta gggactaggg aa #gtttctta  19800 agcagagagt tatttcagag gcagttaaca ttacatttta aaacattatt ct #acgttttt  19860 ctggataaat tctgtatata taaaattatt gtgtgtctct acttaataca ag #tgtacaaa  19920 tataatcctt ttgtttttag gccagtgttc tagcttccag ttctactgca gc #agctgcta  19980 ctctttctct ggctaattca gatgtctcac tactaaacta ccagtcagct tt #gtacccat  20040 catctgctgc accagttcct ggagttgccc agcagggtgt ttccttgcag cc #tggaacca  20100 cccagatttg cactcagaca gatccattcc aacagacatt tatagtatgt cc #acctgcgt  20160 ttcaaagtaa gtggggaaac tcctgtatca tatggtattg tatcagacct ac #ctgcttta  20220 ggcagctcta gttgtttagt tctgatcttt acaagtttaa actctgtctc tg #atgaagaa  20280 ggtaactaaa attgggtaat atcgcaaaat ggattttctc tttttacata gg #ctatttat  20340 ctaattatga tgctatctga tgcattgtaa gagctcactt tatgtttcct ta #attgaatt  20400 gcctgatacc agttttcttg cccattgagt ccttgtgtca atgtcgtacg tc #ttgtataa  20460 gcatgtatct gtcaatatgc aaaatctata caacttgaaa aaatttgttg ta #agcagaat  20520 tgctaaatan nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20580 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20640 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20700 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20760 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20820 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20880 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  20940 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21000 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21060 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21120 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21180 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21240 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21300 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21360 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21420 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21480 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21540 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21600 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21660 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21720 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21780 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21840 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21900 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  21960 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22020 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22080 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22140 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22200 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22260 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22320 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22380 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22440 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22500 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22560 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22620 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22680 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22740 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22800 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22860 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22920 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  22980 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23040 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23100 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23160 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23220 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23280 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23340 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23400 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23460 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23520 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23580 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23640 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23700 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23760 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23820 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23880 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  23940 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24000 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24060 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24120 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24180 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24240 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24300 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24360 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24420 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24480 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24540 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24600 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24660 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24720 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  24780 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nc #aagttttt  24840 tttccaccta gtggattaaa aagtgaataa tgctgggcac agtggctcac ac #ctgtaatc  24900 ccggcacttt gggaggccaa gatgggcaga tcatgaggtc aggagttcga ga #ccagcctg  24960 gccaacatgg tgaaaccccg tctctactga aaatataaaa attagacggg cg #tggtggcg  25020 cactcctgta gtcgcagcta cttgggaggc tgtggcagaa gaatcgcttg aa #cttgggag  25080 cagagtttgc agtgagccca gatagcatca ctgcactcca gcctgggtga ca #gagcgaga  25140 ctccatctca naaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaatg aaagtgaatt ta #atttacta  25200 agtgaagatt tttttgtttt tgcctgtact cttaatggag atgggatgaa ta #ttgtgttt  25260 taaattttgt agcataaaaa aaatttagaa ttcttttaaa ccatccctca ct #atatcaaa  25320 catctttcca ttaacctaac ctgaggggaa gtctcccttt tcttaacttc ca #agacttct  25380 atgaatgaaa cttctttgtc ttaagtgtct aggattaaaa cctgaacagt gg #attatttg  25440 aacagagaag ctgaaaacaa aataatctta aaacagtact cccagacctt gc #aaaactat  25500 ttaactgtga tgctgttttc aatagctgga ctacaagcaa caacaaagca tt #ctggattc  25560 cctgtgagga tggataatgc tgtaccgatt gtaccgcagg caccagctgc tc #agccacta  25620 cagattcagt caggagttct cacgcaggta aaagctagag caatgtggat ac #tcagtatt  25680 gctaaacact attgagattc agatattttg tcctagaaaa tggtatttcc tt #tgactata  25740 agatctttct tggtcatgat tcagtggact taaaatgaaa catctctatg ga #acaatata  25800 ctaattccta acactattgc aactctgcca ttgtcttcct tagacttgca gg #gaaaaaat  25860 atccagacat tcttgagaaa tggtcttctg agtaagttta ctctaatttt gc #ggggtgaa  25920 gcgttttttt ttgttgttgt ttgtttttta aatgttggag ctcatataaa ga #taagtata  25980 tatgtagcat tttgattcta aaatataagc ttccactttt gcaccctttg tg #tccctttt  26040 gctcactctt ttagaatttc atcacagttg agaggctgga tcacatcagg at #gcctcttc  26100 acatattaca ttccttcatt ccgtgtgttt aaccatattg tagaaagctt ta #aaacttta  26160 tacttgctat ggaacattcg actaagatga tagagaaaat tgtaaagtat tt #aaatagca  26220 acaaacagta tattttatat tttatatata aatgtttgtg gcctatgaca ca #taggaaat  26280 tctcaaatcc aaaaactcta ttttgtgaac aggaggaaga attcttaata aa #tgtctctg  26340 tttcatagaa ctgatcccct gaatctagcc caaggaggat tcctatactt ct #ttgtttta  26400 ggccattggc atttgacttt gtgggccaat gccatacaaa gttgaagggg ga #aagttgtg  26460 tttggtatat gcattttaga tgctatcaaa ttactgttca ttgtcagtaa ta #acttgggg  26520 ggaatgagaa cccttctgaa tccagatatc ctgcctccgt gtttgtttca ct #cacctgcc  26580 taatctacgt ttcagggaag ctgtacacca ctaatggtag caactctcca cc #ctcaagta  26640 gccaccatca caccgcagta tgcggtgccc tttactctga gctgcgcagc cg #gccggccg  26700 gcgctggttg aacagactgc cgctgtactg gtaattcccc tcacttgatt gt #gttactaa  26760 cggagtttct ttggtttctt tcttttttgt tttttcctgt ttgtttttgt tc #tgtttttt  26820 tctggtttat ttttcaaaaa aattttttag cttagtcttt gcagagggca tg #gaagcatg  26880 tgccatcttg tggctgtgtt cttgctacat cttttaatgt ctcattgttt tc #ctccccca  26940 acatttgctg tagcactgtc tgactgatgg ttatgtggct ctgtaaggag cc #agatccct  27000 tgattcttct ttgccagcct agtgtgataa aagctctcga tgtagcctca ga #agagcttc  27060 aacactgtta cttgttttct gccttttacc ctctgatcct tgagaatgaa gg #aaatggcc  27120 tttaatttgg ctcagctaca ggtacccgga tggccaaaat tgagctcgtt gg #caagatag  27180 ctttctcctt tttttgctgt tttaaggttc taaaactttt ctgcatgtgg aa #atgcttaa  27240 gatgctctta atttattgct ttctcagttg atactaacca tccttctatg ga #cacatgaa  27300 gatagctctt tttgccactc atgatcagtg gcagcttata tcttacattt aa #agatattc  27360 cctttagaat gtagatcata ttgtaggtca tattgttggt tgaaattaaa ag #tggacaca  27420 tttttaggag ttttgggagg aattaattat tttacaaata ggtctttata ca #aaggttga  27480 aagtatggcc aacaaactat gcaaatacaa tatctttgtt attaaaagtc at #ggggaata  27540 gttacttaat gtagctgcaa ttgtagtact gggcttagag atagaaaaaa ca #accaagac  27600 tttgaggtgt gtttcaggat ttgtaacctt aagagtgatt ttttggatgt gt #tttggttt  27660 atatggggag ttagaattgt ttattggata tccagcattt tctcatttga aa #tttaaaat  27720 taggtaagca tccaaaaacc tgaaaggcac tattgaatcc tgttatttct ct #gttttcaa  27780 agttgcttta aatttctttt gttgtttctt aagtattcat gtgagtgaaa ac #acttccag  27840 aaacatactt tggttggaat ttggttttca ttttaaaagt ctttgtcact tc #cagattaa  27900 ttttcttgta agcagaaaac ctgagtgtga gggagtcaga tatatttcca ac #ttgattga  27960 tccaagccaa tggttttaac tcactcatct gtagtttcga ggttggaatg tt #agttgaca  28020 cttctccttt gctgcttctc ttaagtttgc actagccatt tgctaagctt tg #catatttt  28080 tgttcttcct ctgtcaaaac agttcgtcgc ttggaacgcc agatttctgc ct #cacattgg  28140 aatgttattt cttgctttgt attaaactac atgctttgtc ttgtgcaggt gt #tggcttat  28200 ggaaagacgc atggtgtgac ttaacatact tcttttattt tttgttttgt tt #tattttgt  28260 tttaaattct gcttatggta gcagacgtgt ttgcagtttc tctgctttga ag #gcttcttg  28320 tttggaacca gtatttgtaa caagtagatc tgttacttgc agaaatattt tt #aaaacagt  28380 gtgttgatgg ccttgcaatt tgaaattcaa gaaacagaac catatgtacc ca #agcattgt  28440 aggtaattgt actgcagaat tcaagtttaa aaaggaaact tccaaatccg tt #cccatttt  28500 ttttttcaaa aaatgccaga atttctgtga ggaagaagta cagaaaacat tt #gttgctca  28560 gtttattgca agtgacatgg cttttttaaa actagaaatc atgtattttc tt #gtagtgat  28620 tagtttttat gtggaaatat tcctgcaaat gatacataaa aacatatttt ag #gtaactat  28680 tagaaacaaa gtatgatgct ttctgcttct aaaacatctt actttttgcc tt #attttgaa  28740 attccattat gtggctataa atgatgaatt agctttttct tgctggcata ag #attttttc  28800 cccaaaagga ttaggccttt ggtcatccac atctggctcc attttccaaa ta #ctaccctt  28860 ttaaaaaagg gaacagttct gccttttgtt ttatgggttg aattgatctg at #accttatc  28920 tgattggcag tcagattaaa aaattttaat ctccagggag tcctcttaac tc #tttctagg  28980 gatttatttt agaattgttg caaaaatgaa actccagcat ttaaccagct ct #tatctctg  29040 aactctcaga ctccttttct ctacagtata atagaagctc ttaaccgcag gg #atcttctt  29100 ttctttaata cccgggtggt caggttatgg gggtgagcaa gagaaagcag ta #tgttttct  29160 ttccccattc ataagacttg tagcttgagc ccctctgacc tttctttttt aa #tctctgca  29220 agttaacaat ctacaagcaa cttcttttaa gatatgaatt tttctttctt ta #aaaaaaca  29280 gaagaaaaag ccaagaatga atcaagtctg gatgtttttt atgtgtgttt cc #ttacagca  29340 ggcgtggcct ggagggactc agcaaattct cctgccttca acttggcaac ag #ttgcctgg  29400 ggtagctcta cacaactctg tccagcccac agcaatgatt ccagaggcca tg #gggagtgg  29460 acagcagcta gctgactgga ggcaagtgtc ctgtgttact ctgggagatt tg #taagggcc  29520 gatcccatag ggtgggagca cttggtaata aggagagaga ctagtaagaa aa #taaaggaa  29580 aatttgacac tgttggaatc ctttaagaac ccatatcagg ctaggagatg gt #gttataag  29640 aaaactttga atataggaaa gcagtaggtt ctgaaggtca ggaatcattt ct #tctagatt  29700 ttttaaagag agtcttaagt gattagaaac catacagtga gatcctaaag cc #ttgtaatc  29760 taggtcccca actttatctt ttataatgaa aattcttttt ttctaatgtt ta #atttttgt  29820 gattacatac taggtatata tatttatggg gtacatgaga tgttttgaca ca #ggcatgta  29880 atgtgaaata agcacatcat ggaaaagggg gtgtccatcc cctcaagcat tt #atcctttg  29940 agttacaaat aatccaatta cactctttaa gtcatttaaa aatgtacaat ta #agttatta  30000 ctgactataa tcacctattg cgctatcaaa tagtagttct tattcttttt tt #tttttttt  30060 tgtacccatt aaccatccct acctccccac tagccctcca ctactcttac ca #gcctctgg  30120 taaccatcct actctctatg tccatgaatt aaattgtttt gatttttaga tc #ccataaat  30180 aagtgagaac atgtggtttg tctttctgtg tctggcttat ttcacttaac at #gatgatct  30240 tgagttccat ccatgttgtt gcaaatgaca acgtgtactt tttgtggctg ag #tagtactc  30300 cattgtgtat atgtaccata ttttctttat ccattcatct gttgatggac ac #ttaggctg  30360 cttccaaatc ttactgtgaa cagtgctgca acataggagt gcaggtatct ct #ttgatata  30420 ctgatttcct ttcttttggg tatataccca gcagtgggat tgctggatca ta #tggtagct  30480 caatttttag tttttacagg aacctccaaa ctgttctcca taatagttgt ac #taacttac  30540 attcctacca acagtgtaca attgttccct tttttccata tccttggcag tg #tttattat  30600 tgcttgtctt ttggatataa gccattttaa ctggggtgag ataatatctc at #tgcagttt  30660 tgatctgcat ttctctaatg atcagagatg ttgagcacct tttcatatgc ct #gtttgtca  30720 tttgtaagtc atcttttgga aaatgtctat tcaattcttt tgcccatttt tt #gatcgtat  30780 tattagattt ttttccatag agttgtttga gctgcttacg tattctggtt at #taatccct  30840 tatcagatgg taggtgctca actttaaaaa aataaaatgc agctgcattt tg #gctaattg  30900 cttttgatgt ctgtttggtc ctgattcttc agtggttttg gaattcactc tt #ctctttct  30960 ttctgttggt acaggaatgc ccactctcat ggcaaccagt acagcactat ca #tgcagcag  31020 ccatccttgc tgactaacca tgtgacattg gccactgctc agcctctgaa tg #ttggtgtt  31080 gcccatgttg tcagacaaca acaatccagt tccctccctt cgaagaagaa ta #agcagtca  31140 gctccagtct cttccaagtg agtctgtgtt acagctgata gttaaaactg tg #ccagtttg  31200 agagatatgt tgccttgcat ttggaatatt gtatagacat ataatataga ta #tgaagcag  31260 caagtagctg ccaaattgag gaagagcaaa tcatttcatc tgggcatgta ca #ccaggtgt  31320 gtcctggttt tatgatggtc ctttgtctct gctgccactt tgaatctagg gc #attttatg  31380 atgtttttat tttactttac agagtgaaat ttaatcctgg gataaagggc tt #ataaaagt  31440 aaaatgtctt ttgtattttg gtgttcttgt ccctggaaac tcttgccagc at #ggtgctta  31500 ttttcactgg aacttatata gttaaatgta tttgcttaat gattatgtaa aa #aggaatca  31560 atgagtaaat tggaaagcag tctggggaaa agatacacaa tttggaaggc ca #aggactga  31620 atcatctttc catgtgaact tttcctacag gtcctctcta gatgttctgc ct #tcccaagt  31680 ctattctctg gttgggagca gtcccctccg caccacatct tcttataatt cc #ttggtccc  31740 tgtccaagat cagcatcagc ccatcatcat tccagatact cccagccctc ct #gtgagtgt  31800 catcactatc cgaagtgaca ctgatgagga agaggacaac aaatacaagc cc #agtaggta  31860 agataagtga atggttcctg gctctattgg ttttagactg ttggcctcag gc #aagtgggc  31920 ccagtttggc ctgtgaaaga aaggaccggt ggggcatggt ggctcacgcc tg #taatccca  31980 gcactttggg aggttgaggc cagcagatca cctgaggtga ggagttcaag ac #cagcctgg  32040 ccaacatggc acaaccctgt ctctactaaa aatacaaaaa ttagcagggc cg #tggtggca  32100 catgtttgta tcccagctac tcgggaggct gaggcaggag aatcacttga ac #ccaggagg  32160 cggaggttac agtgagctga gatcgtgcca ctgtactcca gcctgagtga ca #gagcaaga  32220 ctgcatcccc tcccgccccc acccaaaaaa aagggccgaa gaaaaannnn nn #nnnnnnnn  32280 nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnncaat ggtaagaaat aa #aggctagg  32340 aaaaattcaa atttactgac gccagaatag ggtgagttga gtcaccagtt at #taacttgc  32400 aggagtgggg aaccctatga tctcttgatt ctccctcttc ctgtcatact ta #caagcaaa  32460 atgctgttac ctgagccaga ttaggatcta tcttgctaag aggcagaagg ag #gggtggct  32520 gatttctgac agcattcaat gccagtgtgg gagattatgt gctataccca tt #cgaaaaca  32580 gtacaagtca gaacctgagc tcttaacttg gcctttggtg ccctgagctg ga #gtgacctc  32640 aggattcctc acttcttcct tctttcttcc agaaccagca gtcatcggcg gc #tccaacct  32700 cacaggagag aagcagcaac ccagcccccc gcaggcagca ggcgtttgtg gc #ccctctct  32760 cccaagcccc ctacaccttc cagcatggca gcccgctaca ctcgacaggg ca #cccacacc  32820 ttgccccggc ccctgctcac ctgccaagcc aggctcatct gtatacgtat gc #tgccccga  32880 cttctgctgc tgcactgggc tcaaccagct ccattgctca tcttttctcc cc #acagggtt  32940 cctcaaggca tgctgcagcc tataccactc accctagcac tttggtgcac ca #ggtccctg  33000 tcagtgttgg gcccagcctc ctcacttctg ccagcgtggc ccctgctcag ta #ccaacacc  33060 agtttgccac ccaatcctac attgggtctt cccgaggctc aacaatttac ac #tggatacc  33120 cgctgagtcc taccaagatc agccagtatt cctacttata gttggtgagc at #gagggagg  33180 aggaatcatg gctaccttct cctggccctg cgttcttaat attgggctat gg #agagatcc  33240 tcctttaccc tcttgaaatt tcttagccag caacttgttc tgcaggggcc ca #ctgaagca  33300 gaaggttttt ctctggggga acctgtctca gtgttgactg cattgttgta gt #cttcccaa  33360 agtttgccct atttttaaat tcattatttt tgtgacagta attttggtac tt #ggaagagt  33420 tcagatgccc atcttctgca gttaccaagg aagagagatt gttctgaagt ta #ccctctga  33480 aaaatatttt gtctctctga cttgatttct ataaatgctt ttaaaaacaa gt #gaagcccc  33540 tctttatttc attttgtgtt attgtgattg ctggtcagga aaaatgctga ta #gaaggagt  33600 tgaaatctga tgacaaaaaa agaaaaatta ctttttgttt gtttataaac tc #agacttgc  33660 ctattttatt ttaaaagcgg cttacacaat ctcccttttg tttattggac at #ttaaactt  33720 acagagtttc agttttgttt taatgtcata ttatacttaa tgggcaattg tt #atttttgc  33780 aaaactggtt acgtattact ctgtgttact attggagatt ctctcaattg ct #cctgtgtt  33840 tgttataaag tagtgtttaa aaggcagctc accatttgct ggtaacttaa tg #tgagagaa  33900 tccatatctg cgtgaaaaca ccaagtattc tttttaaatg aagcaccatg aa #ttcttttt  33960 taaattattt tttaaaagtc tttctctctc tgattcagct taaatttttt ta #tcgaaaaa  34020 gccattaagg tggttattat tacatggtgg tggtggtttt attatatgca aa #atctctgt  34080 ctattatgag atactggcat tgatgagctt tgcctaaaga ttagtatgaa tt #ttcagtaa  34140 tacacctctg ttttgctcat ctctcccttc tgttttatgt gatttgtttg gg #gagaaagc  34200 taaaaaaacc tgaaaccaga taagaacatt tcttgtgtat agcttttata ct #tcaaagta  34260 gcttcctttg tatgccagca gcaaattgaa tgctctctta ttaagactta ta #taataagt  34320 gcatgtagga attgcaaaaa atattttaaa aatttattac tgaatttaaa aa #tattttag  34380 aagttttgta atggtggtgt tttaatattt tacataatta aatatgtaca ta #ttgattag  34440 aaaaatataa caagcaattt ttcctgctaa cccaaaatgt tatttgtaat ca #aatgtgta  34500 gtgattacac ttgaattgtg tacttagtgt gtatgtgatc ctccagtgtt at #cccggaga  34560 tggattgatg tctccattgt atttaaacca aaatgaactg atacttgttg ga #atgtatgt  34620 gaactaattg caattatatt agagcatatt actgtagtgc tgaatgagca gg #ggcattgc  34680 ctgcaaggag aggagaccct tggaattgtt ttgcacaggt gtgtctggtg ag #gagttttt  34740 cagtgtgtgt ctcttccttc cctttcttcc tccttccctt attgtagtgc ct #tatatgat  34800 aatgtagtgg ttaatagagt ttacagtgag cttgccttag gatggaccag ca #agcccccg  34860 tggaccctaa gttgttcacc gggatttatc agaacaggat tagtagctgt at #tgtgtaat  34920 gcattgttct cagtttccct gccaacattg aaaaataaaa acagcagctt tt #ctccttta  34980 ccaccacctc tacccctttc cattttggat tctcggctga gttctcacag aa #gcattttc  35040 cccatgtggc tctctcactg tgcgttgcta ccttgcttct gtgagaattc ag #gaagcagg  35100 tgagaggagt caagccaata ttaaatatgc attcttttaa agtatgtgca at #cactttta  35160 gaatgaattt ttttttcctt ttcccatgtg gcagtccttc ctgcacatag tt #gacattcc  35220 tagtaaaata tttgcttgtt gaaaaaaaca tgttaacaga tgtgtttata cc #aaagagcc  35280 tgttgtattg cttaccatgt ccccatacta tgaggagaag ttttgtggtg cc #gctggtga  35340 caaggaactc acagaaaggt ttcttagctg gtgaagaata tagagaagga ac #caaagcct  35400 gttgagtcat tgaggctttt gaggtttctt ttttaacagc ttgtatagtc tt #ggggccct  35460 tcaagctgtg aaattgtcct tgtactctca gctcctgcat ggatctgggt ca #agtagaag  35520 gtactgggga tggggacatt cctgcccata aaggatttgg ggaaagaaga tt #aatcctaa  35580 aatacaggtg tgttccatct gaattgaaaa tgatatattt gagatataat tt #taggactg  35640 gttctgtgta gatagagatg gtgtcaagga ggtgcaggat ggagatggga ga #tttcatgg  35700 agcctggtca gccagctctg taccaggttg aacaccgagg agctgtcaaa gt #atttggag  35760 tttcttcatt gtaaggagta agggcttcca agatggggca ggtagtccgt ac #agcctacc  35820 aggaacatgt tgtgttttcn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnn nn #nnnnnnnn  35880 nnnnnnnnna agatgggagg atagcttgag cccagaggtt gaggtcgcag cg #agctgtga  35940 tcactccact gcactccagc ctgggtgaca gaacaagacg ctgtcacaca ca #caaaaaag  36000 aacaattcaa ttttcatgta tttttctttt cctcagctct ggactgaagc ca #aggtctaa  36060 tgtcatcagt tatgtcactg tcaatgattc tccagactct gactcttctt tg #agcagccc  36120 ttattccact gataccctga gtgctctccg aggcaatag       #                   # 36159 <210> SEQ ID NO 4 <211> LENGTH: 1209 <212> TYPE: PRT <213> ORGANISM: Mus musculus <400> SEQUENCE: 4 Met Ala Ser Gln Leu Gln Val Phe Ser Pro Pr #o Ser Val Ser Ser Ser  1               5   #                10   #                15 Ala Phe Cys Ser Ala Lys Lys Leu Lys Ile Gl #u Pro Ser Gly Trp Asp             20       #            25       #            30 Val Ser Gly Gln Ser Ser Asn Asp Lys Tyr Ty #r Thr His Ser Lys Thr         35           #        40           #        45 Leu Pro Ala Thr Gln Gly Gln Ala Ser Ser Se #r His Gln Val Ala Asn     50               #    55               #    60 Phe Asn Leu Pro Ala Tyr Asp Gln Gly Leu Le #u Leu Pro Ala Pro Ala 65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Val Glu His Ile Val Val Thr Ala Ala Asp Se #r Ser Gly Ser Ala Ala                 85   #                90   #                95 Thr Ala Thr Phe Gln Ser Ser Gln Thr Leu Th #r His Arg Ser Asn Val             100       #           105       #           110 Ser Leu Leu Glu Pro Tyr Gln Lys Cys Gly Le #u Lys Arg Lys Ser Glu         115           #       120           #       125 Glu Val Glu Ser Asn Gly Ser Val Gln Ile Il #e Glu Glu His Pro Pro     130               #   135               #   140 Leu Met Leu Gln Asn Arg Thr Val Val Gly Al #a Ala Ala Thr Thr Thr 145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60 Thr Val Thr Thr Lys Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Gl #y Glu Gly Asp Tyr Gln                 165   #               170   #               175 Leu Val Gln His Glu Ile Leu Cys Ser Met Th #r Asn Ser Tyr Glu Val             180       #           185       #           190 Leu Glu Phe Leu Gly Arg Gly Thr Phe Gly Gl #n Val Ala Lys Cys Trp         195           #       200           #       205 Lys Arg Ser Thr Lys Glu Ile Val Ala Ile Ly #s Ile Leu Lys Asn His     210               #   215               #   220 Pro Ser Tyr Ala Arg Gln Gly Gln Ile Glu Va #l Ser Ile Leu Ser Arg 225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40 Leu Ser Ser Glu Asn Ala Asp Glu Tyr Asn Ph #e Val Arg Ser Tyr Glu                 245   #               250   #               255 Cys Phe Gln His Lys Asn His Thr Cys Leu Va #l Phe Glu Met Leu Glu             260       #           265       #           270 Gln Asn Leu Tyr Asp Phe Leu Lys Gln Asn Ly #s Phe Ser Pro Leu Pro         275           #       280           #       285 Leu Lys Tyr Ile Arg Pro Ile Leu Gln Gln Va #l Ala Thr Ala Leu Met     290               #   295               #   300 Lys Leu Lys Ser Leu Gly Leu Ile His Ala As #p Leu Lys Pro Glu Asn 305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20 Ile Met Leu Val Asp Pro Val Arg Gln Pro Ty #r Arg Val Lys Val Ile                 325   #               330   #               335 Asp Phe Gly Ser Ala Ser His Val Ser Lys Al #a Val Cys Ser Thr Tyr             340       #           345       #           350 Leu Gln Ser Arg Tyr Tyr Arg Ala Pro Glu Il #e Ile Leu Gly Leu Pro         355           #       360           #       365 Phe Cys Glu Ala Ile Asp Met Trp Ser Leu Gl #y Cys Val Ile Ala Glu     370               #   375               #   380 Leu Phe Leu Gly Trp Pro Leu Tyr Pro Gly Al #a Ser Glu Tyr Asp Gln 385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00 Ile Arg Tyr Ile Ser Gln Thr Gln Gly Leu Pr #o Ala Glu Tyr Leu Leu                 405   #               410   #               415 Ser Ala Gly Thr Lys Thr Thr Arg Phe Phe As #n Arg Asp Pro Asn Leu             420       #           425       #           430 Gly Tyr Pro Leu Trp Arg Leu Lys Thr Pro Gl #u Glu His Glu Leu Glu         435           #       440           #       445 Thr Gly Ile Lys Ser Lys Glu Ala Arg Lys Ty #r Ile Phe Asn Cys Leu     450               #   455               #   460 Asp Asp Met Ala Gln Val Asn Met Ser Thr As #p Leu Glu Gly Thr Asp 465                 4 #70                 4 #75                 4 #80 Met Leu Ala Glu Lys Ala Asp Arg Arg Glu Ty #r Ile Asp Leu Leu Lys                 485   #               490   #               495 Lys Met Leu Thr Ile Asp Ala Asp Lys Arg Il #e Thr Pro Leu Lys Thr             500       #           505       #           510 Leu Asn His Gln Phe Val Thr Met Ser His Le #u Leu Asp Phe Pro His         515           #       520           #       525 Ser Ser His Val Lys Ser Cys Phe Gln Asn Me #t Glu Ile Cys Lys Arg     530               #   535               #   540 Arg Val His Met Tyr Asp Thr Val Ser Gln Il #e Lys Ser Pro Phe Thr 545                 5 #50                 5 #55                 5 #60 Thr His Val Ala Pro Asn Thr Ser Thr Asn Le #u Thr Met Ser Phe Ser                 565   #               570   #               575 Asn Gln Leu Asn Thr Val His Asn Gln Ala Se #r Val Leu Ala Ser Ser             580       #           585       #           590 Ser Thr Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Al #a Asn Ser Asp Val Ser         595           #       600           #       605 Leu Leu Asn Tyr Gln Ser Ala Leu Tyr Pro Se #r Ser Ala Ala Pro Val     610               #   615               #   620 Pro Gly Val Ala Gln Gln Gly Val Ser Leu Gl #n Pro Gly Thr Thr Gln 625                 6 #30                 6 #35                 6 #40 Ile Cys Thr Gln Thr Asp Pro Phe Gln Gln Th #r Phe Ile Val Cys Pro                 645   #               650   #               655 Pro Ala Phe Gln Thr Gly Leu Gln Ala Thr Th #r Lys His Ser Gly Phe             660       #           665       #           670 Pro Val Arg Met Asp Asn Ala Val Pro Ile Va #l Pro Gln Ala Pro Ala         675           #       680           #       685 Ala Gln Pro Leu Gln Ile Gln Ser Gly Val Le #u Thr Gln Gly Ser Cys     690               #   695               #   700 Thr Pro Leu Met Val Ala Thr Leu His Pro Gl #n Val Ala Thr Ile Thr 705                 7 #10                 7 #15                 7 #20 Pro Gln Tyr Ala Val Pro Phe Thr Leu Ser Cy #s Ala Gly Arg Pro Ala                 725   #               730   #               735 Leu Val Glu Gln Thr Ala Ala Val Leu Gln Al #a Trp Pro Gly Gly Thr             740       #           745       #           750 Gln Gln Ile Leu Leu Pro Ser Ala Trp Gln Gl #n Leu Pro Gly Val Ala         755           #       760           #       765 Leu His Asn Ser Val Gln Pro Ala Ala Val Il #e Pro Glu Ala Met Gly     770               #   775               #   780 Ser Ser Gln Gln Leu Ala Asp Trp Arg Asn Al #a His Ser His Gly Asn 785                 7 #90                 7 #95                 8 #00 Gln Tyr Ser Thr Ile Met Gln Gln Pro Ser Le #u Leu Thr Asn His Val                 805   #               810   #               815 Thr Leu Ala Thr Ala Gln Pro Leu Asn Val Gl #y Val Ala His Val Val             820       #           825       #           830 Arg Gln Gln Gln Ser Ser Ser Leu Pro Ser Ly #s Lys Asn Lys Gln Ser         835           #       840           #       845 Ala Pro Val Ser Ser Lys Ser Ser Leu Glu Va #l Leu Pro Ser Gln Val     850               #   855               #   860 Tyr Ser Leu Val Gly Ser Ser Pro Leu Arg Th #r Thr Ser Ser Tyr Asn 865                 8 #70                 8 #75                 8 #80 Ser Leu Val Pro Val Gln Asp Gln His Gln Pr #o Ile Ile Ile Pro Asp                 885   #               890   #               895 Thr Pro Ser Pro Pro Val Ser Val Ile Thr Il #e Arg Ser Asp Thr Asp             900       #           905       #           910 Glu Glu Glu Asp Asn Lys Tyr Glu Pro Asn Se #r Ser Ser Leu Lys Ala         915           #       920           #       925 Arg Ser Asn Val Ile Ser Tyr Val Thr Val As #n Asp Ser Pro Asp Ser     930               #   935               #   940 Asp Ser Ser Leu Ser Ser Pro His Ser Thr As #p Thr Leu Ser Ala Leu 945                 9 #50                 9 #55                 9 #60 Arg Gly Asn Ser Gly Thr Leu Leu Glu Gly Pr #o Gly Arg Pro Ala Ala                 965   #               970   #               975 Asp Gly Ile Gly Thr Arg Thr Ile Ile Val Pr #o Pro Leu Lys Thr Gln             980       #           985       #           990 Leu Gly Asp Cys Thr Val Ala Thr Gln Ala Se #r Gly Leu Leu Ser Ser         995           #       1000           #      1005 Lys Thr Lys Pro Val Ala Ser Val Ser Gly Gl #n Ser Ser Gly Cys Cys     1010              #   1015               #  1020 Ile Thr Pro Thr Gly Tyr Arg Ala Gln Arg Gl #y Gly Ala Ser Ala Val 1025                1030 #                1035  #               1040 Gln Pro Leu Asn Leu Ser Gln Asn Gln Gln Se #r Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr                 1045  #               1050   #              1055 Ser Gln Glu Arg Ser Ser Asn Pro Ala Pro Ar #g Arg Gln Gln Ala Phe             1060      #           1065       #          1070 Val Ala Pro Leu Ser Gln Ala Pro Tyr Ala Ph #e Gln His Gly Ser Pro         1075          #       1080           #      1085 Leu His Ser Thr Gly His Pro His Leu Ala Pr #o Ala Pro Ala His Leu     1090              #   1095               #  1100 Pro Ser Gln Pro His Leu Tyr Thr Tyr Ala Al #a Pro Thr Ser Ala Ala 1105                1110 #                1115  #               1120 Ala Leu Gly Ser Thr Ser Ser Ile Ala His Le #u Phe Phe Pro Gln Gly                 1125  #               1130   #              1135 Ser Ser Arg His Ala Ala Ala Tyr Thr Thr Hi #s Pro Ser Thr Leu Val             1140      #           1145       #          1150 His Gln Val Pro Val Ser Val Gly Pro Ser Le #u Leu Thr Ser Ala Ser         1155          #       1160           #      1165 Val Ala Pro Ala Gln Tyr Gln His Gln Phe Al #a Thr Gln Ser Tyr Ile     1170              #   1175               #  1180 Gly Ser Ser Arg Gly Ser Thr Ile Tyr Thr Gl #y Tyr Pro Leu Ser Pro 1185                1190 #                1195  #               1200 Thr Lys Ile Ser Gln Tyr Ser Tyr Leu                 1205 

That which is claimed is:
 1. An isolated polypeptide having an amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:2.
 2. An isolated homeodomain-interacting protein kinase having an amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:2.
 3. A composition comprising the polypeptide of claim 1 and a carrier.
 4. A composition comprising the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase of claim 2 and a carrier. 